RIM issues security warning on some BlackBerries

Research in Motion issued a security alert today for its customers who use the BlackBerry Application Web Loader and Microsoft Internet Explorer.Basically, the web loader’s ActiveX control has a vulnerability that can allow someone to attack the device remotely or cause the browser to crash.In the company’s own words:An exploitable buffer overflow exists in the BlackBerry Application Web Loader ActiveX control that Internet Explorer uses to install applications on BlackBerry devices. … When a BlackBerry device

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