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iPhone Worm Author Awarded Job as an iPhone Developer
The original Rickrolls worm author, Australian Ashley Towns, after receiving death threats and hate mails for the chaos he’s caused in the iPhone jailbreaking community, has announced on his twitter post (currently protected) that he has gotten a job at Mogeneration. Mogeneration is a company that develops iPhone apps for clients.
Apparently, Towns’ venture into [...]
New Malicious Worm Steal Bank Information on Jailbroken iPhones. Apple: We Told You Not To JailBreak
Earlier this month, the wallpaper changing ikee worm sparked a concern that bad guys will inevitably use the SSH vulnerability to do something bad with your stolen personal information. This week the inevitable has occurred. Jailbroken iPhone users in the Netherlands may have their bank information stolen as they login from their infected iPhones. The [...]
Malicious iPhone Malware Can Now Do Real Damage and Steal Your Personal Data
Just this week, a malicious program, known as the ikee worm, has been discovered to change the wallpaper of susceptible jailbroken iPhones. But it seems that a new variant of this iPhone worm is out to do some real damage. Computer security firm Intego has identified the first malicious code that uses the same vulnerability [...]
First iPhone Worm appears, Infects Jailbroken iPhones
With over 50 million iPhones and iPod touch sold, it is inevitable that somebody is going to crash the party with a virus. Indeed, this week the first iPhone worm appears. Luckily, it only changes the iPhone’s wall paper. And it only affects jailbroken iPhones that have not changed the password after SSH installation.
The worm, [...]
