Apple is now setting right an iPhone SMS bug, which could end up giving an attacker ready root access to important phone services. Taking advantage of this vulnerability, a hacker could easily monitor the iPhone user’s GPS acitivities, manipulate the smartphone’s mic and use it for eavesdropping or tinker with the system in general.

SMSs in this device are stored in the form of a binary code that are reassembled without the user being aware of it. Now, Charlie Miller, a security researcher, is working with Apple to set right the exploit.

There is certain other related news that Apple is planning to patent several of its latest mobile technologies, including fingerprint ID, RFID reader, tactile haptic feedback and so on.

Source: MobileBurn