Important message for iPad/iPhone/iPod touch users:
- Update your devices's software
- Don't open PDF's on your device unless you absolutely trust the author
- Be mindful of the web sites you visit
Apple IOS contains some pretty serious vulnerabilities that can be exploited by malicious code crafted into a PDF's as well as web pages. The exact extent of the of the damage made possible by these holes is not widely known, but I have a read that devices can be jailbroken through the browser and have witnessed first hand an attacker taking full remote control of an iPad running IOS 4.3.3.
The latest updates try to patch these holes, but others are often quickly discovered. Stay on top of updates and be smart.
Note the article below is not the latest software update, but has relevance to this type of attack.
http://support.apple.com/kb/dl1358
