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iPhones attacked by Rickroll virus

Monday, November 9, 2009, 13:17
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The virus replaces the infected device’s background picture with an image of Rick Astley

An Australian has released a virus for the Apple iPhone, ‘ikee’, which replaces the infected device’s background picture with an image of singer Rick Astley. Security companies Sophos and F-Secure have issued warnings to owners of jailbroken iPhones to change root log-in passwords immediately. All iPhones are issued with the same root log-in password.

The ikee worm spreads using SSH (secure shell) protocol, which iPhones use to exchange data on a network. For the full story, see Rickroll virus targets iPhones on ZDNet Australia.

Via zdnet

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2 Responses to “iPhones attacked by Rickroll virus”

  1. New iPhone Worm Can Act Like Botnet Say Experts | IXPLORA - Mobile Phone News and General Tech News and Discussion said on Monday, November 23, 2009, 12:54

    [...] The first iPhone worm, called ikee, was harmless. Users with infected phones found their wallpaper replaced with a picture of 1980s popstar Rick Astley.It also targeted jail-broken phones which were SSH enabled.Its creator Ashley Towns said he wrote the ikee program in order to raise the issue of iPhone security. [...]

  2. Crime does pay – iPhone worm creator gets job | IXPLORA - Mobile Phone News and General Tech News and Discussion said on Monday, December 7, 2009, 12:19

    [...] creator of iKee, the first ever iPhone worm, has landed himself a job creating iPhone apps, it has been revealed today. Ashley Towns revealed [...]

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