Potentially serious Apple safety measure flaw found?

Piergiorgio Zambrini, who many of you may know him as the creator of the Ziphone application, claims to have found what he believes to be one of the most wide-spread defense holes in Apple’s product line. Zambrini has recently applied for a job as an iPhone shield engineer at Apple.

We would say he has better qualifications than the lineup Apple currently has. While he is not going to put Apple in danger by releasing any of that info, he says the shield flaw is not only found in the iPhone, but in other Apple devices such as iPods and even computers.  The protection flaw

is claimed to be in the most unexpected of all places.

Zambrini claims that he bug involves the audio portion of Apple’s video format, that portion potentially can crash an Apple device whenever the file is played. While he has not stated that it can be used maliciously, but the flaw could “immediately send the device into a panic that leads to a lengthy reboot.” The last thing Apple needs is more crashing on their iPhones.  Zambrini has brought that to Apple’s attention back in July, but has yet to take in back about the issue or his application.

[Via Forbes]

Orginal post by Shawn Brown