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  • Jailbroken iPhones exposed to second worm, this time malicious

    Jailbroken iPhones exposed to second worm, this time malicious

    Posted on November 23, 2009 | No Comments
    As inevitable as the sun rising in the East and setting in the West, an innocuous iPhone worm has been transformed into a malicious bank details-stealing virus. The second recorded iPhone infection operates on exactly the same principles as the first, as it targets jailbroken handsets with SSH installed, but this time adds the ability for the hacker to remotely control and access the phone. By throwing up a purported ING Direct login page, he (or she, or they) can collect your online banking credentials and, presumably, all the cash they are supposed to protect. Presently isolated within the Netherlands, this outbreak may spread further still, as it is capable of infecting other jailbroken iPhones on the same WiFi network.

    Jailbroken iPhones exposed to second worm, this time malicious originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 23 Nov 2009 06:40:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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  • iPhone malware kinda-sorta dangerous

    iPhone malware kinda-sorta dangerous

    Posted on November 11, 2009 | No Comments
    A new worm, called the iPhone/Privacy.A worm, connects to jailbroken iPhones running SSH with the default password and takes a "treasure trove" of data including email, SMS messages, photos, music files, and everything else on your phone. It then kills your dog.

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  • First iPhone worm rickrolls jailbroken phones

    First iPhone worm rickrolls jailbroken phones

    Posted on November 8, 2009 | No Comments

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    We sort of knew this would happen as soon as we heard about that iPhone wallpaper hack in the Netherlands -- a hacker named ikex has created what's apparently the first iPhone worm, and it's currently infecting jailbroken iPhones across Australia. The "ikee" worm, as it's being called, takes advantage of the fact that jailbroken iPhones with SSH installed all have the same default root password of "alpine," and once in the system it changes your wallpaper to an image of Rick Astley and then tries to install itself on other jailbroken iPhones on the network. Sophos says it hasn't confirmed any infections outside of Oz, and to be clear, this worm can't get to stock iPhones or jailbreak owners who haven't installed SSH -- but if you're running a hacked phone we'd say you should change that root password just to be safe right away. Get to it, kids.

    [Via PMP Today; thanks to everyone who sent this in]

    First iPhone worm rickrolls jailbroken phones originally appeared on Engadget Mobile on Sun, 08 Nov 2009 22:48:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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  • Dutch hacker seeks out jailbroken iPhones for fame and fortune

    Dutch hacker seeks out jailbroken iPhones for fame and fortune

    Posted on November 3, 2009 | No Comments

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    Jailbreaking an iPhone certainly brings many benefits, but it's also frought with some peril, as amply demonstrated by a Dutch hacker who decided to go snooping around for vulnerable jailbroken iPhones in the Netherlands. While he apparently didn't actually swipe personal information or cause any damage, he was able to find some jailbroken iPhones with SSH running, which allowed him to display a message saying "Your iPhone's been hacked because it's really insecure! Please visit doiop.com/iHacked and secure your iPhone right now!" A noble gesture of a white hat hacker? Not exactly, 'cause that site demands €5 for the "fix" to let folks go back to using their phone securely -- or it did until the hacker apparently had a change of heart and posted the instructions for free, along with an apology for his misguided moneymaking scheme.

    [Via TUAW]

    Dutch hacker seeks out jailbroken iPhones for fame and fortune originally appeared on Engadget Mobile on Tue, 03 Nov 2009 20:23:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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  • How to jailbreak the iPhone 3GS

    How to jailbreak the iPhone 3GS

    Posted on July 3, 2009 | No Comments
    Before I go defile myself with burgers and beer I wanted to jailbreak my iPhone 3GS for you all. The process was amazingly simple. Using a Windows netbook - it doesn't work under Windows 7 - I simply installed iTunes and ran purplera1n. It took a second to reboot then it rolled through recovery mode, rebooted, and an app called Freeze appeared. Freeze then installed Cydia and all was right with the world.

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