App security flaw makes your iPhone call without asking

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By Jon FingasAug 24, 2014, 7:32 pm628 ptsHotTop
If you're an iPhone user, you may want to be cautious about opening messages that contain phone numbers in the near future; they may cost you a lot of money. Developer Andrei Neculaesei notes that maliciously coded links in some apps will abuse the...

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