iPhone emails not protected against hackers

Email attachment files that you receive on your iPhone or iPad are supposed to be encrypted, according to Apple, but German security expert, Andreas Kurtz, was able to hack an iPhone 4 and see any file he wanted to.

Even if the phone is locked with a passcode, email attachments are supposed to be also locked individually and, even though a hacker might bypass the passcode for the device, these attachments would normally still be locked and look like a chaotic letters and numbers mix.

This Apple bug that Kurtz found represents a major security flaw in OS although the company says that it protects these files individually and that they are encrypted.

Kurtz performed this test on several devices, an iPhone 4, an iPhone 5s and an iPhone 2 with the same results.

He warned the company about the flaw in the system and received assurances that the problem will be fixed. However, after issuing the latest software update, Kurtz found out that the problem was still there.

‘Considering the long time iOS 7 is available by now and the sensitivity of email attachments many enterprises share on their devices, I expected a near-term patch,’ wrote a dissapointed Kurtz on his blog.