BlackBerry users urged to disable JavaScript

Research in Motion (RIM) has called on BlackBerry users to disable JavaScript in the smartphone s browser to block exploits from a security vulnerability, ZDnet has reported.

The vulnerability, which exists in the open source WebKit browser engine provided in BlackBerry Device Software version 6.0 and later, was exploited to hack into a BlackBerry Torch 9800 smart phone to steal the contact list and image database.