IPhone bug leaves emails vulnerable
Apple said it encodes email attachments you receive on your iPhone or iPad, but reasearchers have discovered that it doesn't. German security expert Andreas Kurtz discovered that anyone in possession of your Apple device might be able to access the files sent to you via email, even if your phone is locked. It's a major security flaw. When you lock your phone, the email attachments in your phone are supposed to be locked as well. However, even if hackers manage to grab your phone, hook it up to a computer and bypass the passcode that locks your entire device, they still aren't supposed to be able to read the files. Email attachment files are a jumbled mess of letters and numbers unless you unlock the whole phone.
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