By Robert Westervelt
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It took a team from penetration testing vendor, Core Security Technologies Inc., to demonstrate the security prowess of mobile devices. During a presentation, Core security researchers Alfredo Ortega and Nico Economou demonstrated how to crack into the iPhone, Google Android and Windows Mobile devices using a simulated stack overflow vulnerability.
In an interview with SearchSecurity.com, Ortega said the Apple iPhone had the most security features, making it the most difficult to crack. Windows Mobile was the easiest to pwn, he said. Ortega said Google's Android phone needs further exploring. The team did not test all the security characteristics of Android, he said. Also missing from testing was the long anticipated release of Windows Mobile 7.
"We could make an exploit that works on the three devices so we may be able to say that it's a draw," Ortega said. "But from the research that we could do, in fact the iPhone has better security measures than Android or Windows Mobile."
Source:Search Security
