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The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW): Worm rickrolls unsecured jailbroken iPhones via SSH
Download Squad: Jailbroken iPhones in Australia getting Rickrolled by a worm
The Iphone Spot: Worm Rickrolls Unsecured Jailbroken iPhones Via SSH
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If you have a jailbroken iPhone with SSH installed, beware of #ikee, the first iPhone worm, http://bit.ly/4tMior 25 days ago |
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Whirlpool "My jail-broken iPhone with default passwords just got pwned" thread. - http://bit.ly/3J83UO 25 days ago |
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@geohot First iPhone worm is here? Targets jailbroken devices OTA via SSH using default root passwords: http://bit.ly/18hkAy 25 days ago |
Worm rickrolls unsecured jailbroken iPhones via SSH
The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) —
... For the last few days, some jailbroken iPhone users have found their home screen background a little different than they remembered. A hacker, going by the name "ikee," created a worm that changes the home screen background on jailbroken iPhones whose owners failed to change the default password after installing SSH. Simply jailbreaking your iPhone will not make you vulnerable to this sort of hack. The iPhone OS, in general, is also immune to this hack. Still confused? Let's back up a bit. ...
Jailbroken iPhones in Australia getting Rickrolled by a worm
Download Squad —
Filed under: Security, iPhoneIf the possibility of having your jailbroken iPod Touch or iPhone held ransom for 5 Euros wasn't enough of a scare to make you change your root password, maybe this will. Users on an Australian forum site are reporting a new attack - one that's no stranger to love. You guessed it, the newest attack on jailbroken devices is a wallpaper Rickroll. Along with Rick Astley's devilishly handsome headshot, the image also includes the message "ikee is never gonna give you up." It's actually a ...
Worm Rickrolls Unsecured Jailbroken iPhones Via SSH
The Iphone Spot —
... For the last few days, some jailbroken iPhone users have found their home screen background a little different than they remembered. A hacker, going by the name “ikee,” created a worm that changes the home screen background on jailbroken iPhones whose owners failed to change the default password after installing SSH. Simply jailbreaking your iPhone will not make you vulnerable to this sort of hack. The iPhone OS, in general, is also immune to this hack. Still confused? Let’s back up a bit. ...
‘ikee’ iPhone worm discovered, changes wallpaper to Rick Astley’s photo
D' Technology Weblog —
... Australian iPhone owners reported that their phones have been infected by a worm that has changed their wallpaper to an image of 1980s pop crooner Rick Astley. The worm’s capable of breaking into jailbroken iPhones if their owners’ve not changed default password after installing SSH. Once in place, worm appears to attempt to find other iPhones on mobile phone network that’re similarly vulnerable, and installs itself again. On each installation, worm - written by a hacker calling themselves "ikex" - changes lock background ...
