First iPhone Worm Discovered, Rickrolls Jailbroken Phones

Unexpof writes "Users of jailbroken iPhones in Australia are reporting that their wallpapers have been changed by a worm to an image of '80s pop icon Rick Astley. This is the first time a worm has been reported in the wild for the Apple iPhone. According to a report by Sophos, the worm, which exploits users who have installed SSH and not changed the default password, hunts for other vulnerable iPhones and infects them. Users are advised to properly secure their jailbroken iPhones with a non-default password, and Sophos says the worm is not harmless, despite its graffiti-like payload: 'Accessing someone else's computing device and changing their data without permission is an offense in many countries — and just as with graffiti there is a cost involved in cleaning-up affected iPhones. ... Other inquisitive hackers may also be tempted to experiment once they read about the world's first iPhone worm. Furthermore, a more malicious hacker could take the code written by ikee and adapt it to have a more sinister payload.'"

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Re:Summary: it affects ignorant fools

[BitZtream]

Because the people writing software packages for jailbroken phones don't actually know very much about what they are doing?

The just quickly ported SSH and let it use the default passwords, which aren't unique. Which was fine before the phone had anything that used the password file other than UID info. Now that something is authenticating from it, its a bad thing, the fact that its for remote network access makes it a horrible thing.

There is a reason Apple doesn't want every douche bag in the world to be able to throw apps on someones phone. And now you have an example of why they want things to go through the app store.

Oh well, I stopped jailbreaking mine a long time ago, no real need to anymore other than 'omg apple doesn't control me!%!%@!@%'