UPDATE: iPhone users. Patch released to protect against hackers!

Last week I wrote about a potential threat to the iPhone in the form of an SMS message which hackers could remotely take over your iPhone.

Apple has since released a patch that can protect your phone from such a virus. The patch cannot be downloaded directly to your iPhone. It must first be downloaded to your iTunes, then loaded onto the iPhone during the syncing process.

Simply download the iPhone OS 3.0.1 update to your iTunes and sync your iPhone and you're protected!