Apple on Friday found SMS, safety-related defect in the iPhone, which was at the heart of one of the most discussed of the exploits in this week’s Black Hat Security Conference.

“We are grateful for the information provided to us on SMS vulnerabilities that affect multiple mobile phone platforms,” Apple representative Tom Neumayr told CNET.

“Today, less than 24 hours after the demonstration of the exploit”, Neumayr continued, “we published a free software update that addresses a vulnerability in the iPhone. Contrary to what was reported, no one was able to take control of iPhone access to personal information using this attack. ”

Security flaw involved malicious messages, which can allow hackers to take control of an iPhone. In the flaw could allow them to make calls, send text messages, or almost everything that they want from the victim iPhone.

Security researchers Collin Mulliner and Charlie Miller showed flaws in the work at the Black Hat earlier this week. Miller said that the shortage may take iPhone out of the way the device is processed in the SMS message. Researchers at Black Hat is also shown as a SMS, the vulnerabilities can affect the Windows Mobile smart phones, including HTC, Motorola and Samsung.

Miller said that Apple was first notified of the defect six weeks ago.

According to Apple, to update iPhone 3.0.1, released today, improves memory processing, mainly fixing exploit.

Update, you can connect your iPhone to your computer and click on Check for updates button in iTunes.