09.11.2009 00:20 Uhr, Quelle: Hardmac.com

First Worm to Target iPhone OS Identified

On the blog site of Sophos is reported what could be the first virus specifically developed for the iPhone. As usual with first attempt, it is not really dangerous. It simply replace the background photo by one of Rick Astley. So, before some users or analysts start screaming ahead of security holes etc, such worm can only propagate/affect jailbreaked iPhones. It makes use of the SSH and its efault password, "Aline", to infect users who did not change this password after having jailbreaked their iPhone. Once it is installed on the iPhone, it will start scanning the network to identify the future target. It seems to be mostly active in

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