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The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW): Worm rickrolls unsecured jailbroken iPhones via SSH
The iPhone Blog: Jailbreakers Who Don’t Change SSH Password — There’s a Rickroll for That
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Ikee iphone virus, an interview with ikee, really interesting stuff... http://bit.ly/4eh1f6 12 days ago |
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iPhones don't get viruses! http://bit.ly/2DeF27 ... hipsters! 13 days ago |
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irc chat with the guy behind the first (jailbroken) iphone worm http://bit.ly/tEUi0 - You have set your ssh password, right ? 13 days ago |
Worm rickrolls unsecured jailbroken iPhones via SSH
The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) —
... This hack originated in Australia, the home country of ikee, and has possibly spread to other iPhones in other countries, but we've been unable to verify that. A gentleman by the name of JD held an interview with the hacker over IRC and posted it to his blog. In ikee's own words, here's how the worm has spread: ...
Jailbreakers Who Don’t Change SSH Password — There’s a Rickroll for That
The iPhone Blog —
... And the new background is, of course, Rick Astley. While removal details are included in an interview with the hacker, it’s better to be safe than sorry. So, check our ...
Protect iPhone 3GS Against ikee Virus Attack
Redmond Pie —
... infected by ikee, It automatically starts searching for other iPhone’s on the cellular network that use the root:alpine username/password combination. Once it finds another vulnerable iPhone, it installs itself and begins the process again and this goes on like a nuclear chain reaction. ikee virus will disable SSH access on your iPhone and will change the background image to that of “Rick Astley” as can be seen in the screenshot above.
Here is an excerpt from the recently held interview with the hacker Ikee over IRC:
First I was curious ...
Worm Rickrolls Unsecured Jailbroken iPhones Via SSH
The Iphone Spot —
... This hack originated in Australia, the home country of ikee, and has possibly spread to other iPhones in other countries, but we’ve been unable to verify that. A gentleman by the name of JD held an interview with the hacker over IRC and posted it to his blog. In ikee’s own words, here’s how the worm has spread: ...
Jailbroken iPhones Get "Rickrolled"
HotHardware.com News Rss Feed —
... your default root password, you will be vulnerable. This is really no different than how people don't change their router password either. Just as with many routers, the default password used by Apple is well-known (alpine). This and the earlier hack leverage the fact that many fail to modify that password. The first hack tried to blackmail users into giving the hacker €5. The second "rickroll" hack is actually more of an experiment (according to the writer), who freely gives up information on removal . That doesn't mean the "rickroll" hack isn't pervasive. Once an iPhone is ...
