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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.'"
I am reminded of those "I'm a Mac, and I'm a PC" commercials. So, Mac's "little brother" I guess is susceptible to the same plagues PCs are.
TIT !! It's just not good for you or your friend.
So do condoms but how many Niggers have you heard wearing condoms when they are engaging in animalistic rape. Just assume that these retards running this are like niggers except a nigger would never be able to use an iphone, much less jailbreak one. They would probably look at it and break it while looking to rape something. And BTW imagine how the world would be if all those incarcerated niggers were out on the streets (Cause they don't have homes, unless you count crack houses). Having the highest incarceration rate is the only thing keeping US Major Cities from looking like Sudan or Somalia.
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Wow. Just, wow.
Are you fucking kidding me?
So much for the Internet being, well, an Internet.
Kid-proof tablet..
Has it occurred to anyone else how this could benefit Apple? The hack specifically only affects "jailbroken" phones. If people begin to see unlocked phones as less secure and safe than phones that haven't been tampered with, they are less likely to violate Apple's business agreements and also to make Apple appear incompetent by doing so. I wouldn't be surprised if Steve Jobs himself is responsible for this Rickrolling.
Don't call it "jailbreaking"....
That implies that you're doing something immoral/unethical (breaking someone out of jail).
Call it for what it really is... removing DRM (taking back the ownership of a device you own).
And also on a similar subject, get rid of the word "homebrew".... makes it sound like it's substandard or promoting the corporate agenda.
Call it "arbitrary code execution". (ACE)
Sure it doesn't have the same ring but it's a helluva lot more honest and defeats corporate propoganda.
Science : Proprietary , Knowledge : Open Source
Written by Apple??