iPhone URL-Spoofable, Phisable and Spamable

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Aviv Raff wrote that the iPhone is phisable and spam. He notes that the iPhone's mail program that opens up Safari allows for URL spoofing, which can allow attackers to phish using a specialized spoof URL in an email, clicking on the URL will send the user to the wrong web address that opens in Safari. where information can be phised for credit card, financial or other  personal information.

He is keeping the technical details private for now and suggests that until the vulvnerabiility is fixed that users should always enter a trusted URL when visiting financial sites.  The iPhone email application is also spammnable, and he also withholding technical details. Raff posted this information on his website, Aviv Raff On. NET.

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