German agency warns of iOS security issue

Germany’s Federal Office for Information Security has issued an official warning related to a newly-discovered security hole in iOS that was recently used to enable web-based jailbreaking of the iPhone 4. The agency said that iOS has “two critical weak points for which no patch exists,” specifically one through which opening a malicious website or PDF could give hackers “access to the complete system, including administrator rights.” It is urging users not to open PDF files and only use trustworthy websites until Apple issues a software update; Georg Albrecht, a spokesman for Apple, told the Associated Press that Apple is aware of the reports and are “investigating them.” The warning covers iOS 3.1.2 and later.