Posts about Om Malik as of July 30, 2009 – thedailyparr.com 07/31/2009 “Unusual” Character Hack May Put All iPhones in Peril – theappleblog.com 07/30/2009 Cybersecurity researchers Charlie Miller and Collin Mulliner claim they can bring down your iPhone by sending it just a single “unusual” character, according to Forbes , which first published news of the exploit earlier this week. A single square character or a series of “invisible” messages can be used to confuse an iPhone, leaving it open to hackers.