Serious iPhone Worm Attacks!
Posted in Security | By AhTim @ November 24th, 2009
Have you change default SSH password of jailbroken iPhone? (read this if you have not do so). Change the default password immediately!
The worm is not friendly this time. It won’t change the wallpaper but steal data and send to remote server. It is serious if got your credit card or bank account confidential information. Worst is it spread via WiFI and 3G connection.
How to know iPhone infected by worm? One symptom is the battery life will be very, very short when the device is connected to WiFi, because the worm is generating so much network activity.
Kill iPhone Worm?
There are NO fix yet. You ONLY have two way to prevent it. Either change default password or restore official iPhone firmware if you want stay away from jailbreak vulnerability.
[via Sophos]
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Tags: iphone worm, SSH password, steal data
December 1st, 2009 at 10:54 pm
I always said that jailbreaking an iPhone is for those who know better than to use a default SSH password.
It’s one of the advantages of Apple firmawere, it’s safe. If you fail to keep basic security standards, stay with the original software.
December 2nd, 2009 at 10:22 pm
Nice info. Iphones and other things like that, which should make your life easier, will now do quite the contrary. Who thought about installing anti-virus software on their phones in the past?!