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Apple MobileMe Reportedly Vulnerable To Data Loss
- Source: InformationWeek | Tags: Data Loss, Apple, MobileMe, Vulnerable, Spam | Posted by: Rupali | Posted on: Aug 25, 2008
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Apple's MobileMe online service, which has been beset with problems since its launch in July, appears to have a new threat -- some user data may be at risk.
Apple has reportedly made the service, which provides data syncing between a user's home computer and an iPhone 3G, easy for hackers to harvest subscribers' e-mail addresses. According to security researchers, this could lead to a lot more spam and phishing scams.
To exploit MobileMe, hackers can use a Web crawler to sniff users' public file sharing folder called iDisk to harvest the entire MobileMe user name list, the blog TechCrunch reported Thursday. Once the list is in hand, spammers only have to add @me.com or @mac.com to convert a user name to an e-mail address.
Apple was not immediately available for comment on Friday.
Alex Eckelberry, chief executive of security vendor Sunbelt Software, said the vulnerability may be Apple's oversight in designing MobleMe.
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