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Redmond Pie: Protect iPhone 3GS Against ikee Virus Attack
Download Squad: iPhone Rickroll exploit gets nasty, can now steal personal data
The Iphone Spot: How To Protect Yourself From SSH-based iPhone Worms
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First iPhone worm rickrolls jailbroken phones http://bit.ly/1kz0kU - Change SSH password like this - http://bit.ly/2ABy1D 12 days ago |
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@jobrown You might find this interesting: http://bit.ly/d2XqN 15 days ago |
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Worm rickrolls unsecured jailbroken iPhones via SSH - http://bit.ly/d2XqN 16 days ago |
Protect iPhone 3GS Against ikee Virus Attack
Redmond Pie —
... , here is yet another development which took place in the last few days when some jailbroken iPhone users found their home screen background a little different than it was last seen by them. If your jailbroken iPhone has changed its background automatically to that of Rick Astley (some 80’s singer) with the words "ikee is never going to give you up", then you are most likely a victim of ikee virus which infects iPhone’s via SSH. The virus in question has originated from Austria by a hacker named Ikee and it is now quickly spreading to other parts ...
iPhone Rickroll exploit gets nasty, can now steal personal data
Download Squad —
... It's simple enough to protect yourself - all you have to do is change your root password to something other than the default 'alpine.' Our friends at TUAW posted the following instructions: ...
How To Protect Yourself From SSH-based iPhone Worms
The Iphone Spot —
The internet has been ablaze with reports of jailbroken iPhones being infested with worms. The exploit takes advantage of unwitting jailbreakers who install OpenSSH on their iPhones via Cydia without taking into account all of the impacts on security. The most notable, and now famous, hole in this theory is that every iPhone ships with the same default password for both the all-powerful “root” user as well as the more-restricted “mobile” user.
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