Malicious iPhone Virus Takes Control of Your Phone
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This one is a little more serious than Rick Rolling.
About a month ago there was an iPhone worm that changed the user's wallpaper to Rick Astley. The Australian student behind that little piece of malware said the software did nothing else and those affected by it could un-Rick their phone very easily. Ashley Towns said that his sole intention was to highlight how easy it is for attackers to gain access to your phone if you haven't taken the proper steps to protect yourself.
Fast forward just a few weeks and we have a malicious iPhone worm that can steal data and even take control of the phone, acting like a botnet. Similar to the Rick Rolling worm, this virus also targets jailbroken iPhones with an SSH password that were never changed from the default to something more secure.
According to Symantec's John McDonald, the virus can steal data contained on the iPhone as well as connect back to the attacker giving them control over the phone including the ability to download and install malware onto it. McDonald says the root password may also be changed in order to prevent the owner from accessing the device and adds that this worm appears to cover a broader range of IP addresses than the Rick Rolling worm. "The first iPhone worm, this one appears to cover a much broader range of IP addresses, including UPC in the Netherlands, Optus in Australia, possibly a Hungarian and a Portuguese provider, T-Mobile and potentially many others."
Read more on Symantec.
Source : Tom's Hardware US
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lol
Now, is this just another one of those "apps" I can buy?
This cannot be. Apple products are impervious to any malware.
My hairy white ass they are. lol
Next malware download will cause iGrenade's to go off all over the world causing one of the largest terrorist attacks in history. The US will soon respond with a military incursion into Cupertino, CA.
All i gotta say is,
GG apple users! Screwed if you jailbreak, sucks if you dont!
I have to say, I'm sort of happy to see Apple being targeted by a new virus. It serves them right, even if it is only targeting altered devices.
"I'm a PC, and Windows 7 was my idea."
Clearly, a fabricated and patently false story created by Microsoft fanbois to discredit the Great and Good name of Apple Computers Inc in a vain scheme to prevent the iminent collapse of WinDoze. After all, it is common knowledge that viruses and malware are solely the providence of Win~Blows and (deservedly!!) exist to show the Microserfs what a piece of garbage their so called "choice" of an operating system really is.
All Hail Steve Jobs!
What kind of valuable information could an iPhone user possible have? Unless the hacker is looking for massive amounts of free indy music and blog passwords.
oh no .
Wait what?!?!?!? Apple can't get viruses......
Intersting that an Apple phone is more prone to get a virus than the Mac laptops...
how can people leave the default password on anything these days, just plain lazy
Clearly, a fabricated and patently false story created by Microsoft fanbois to discredit the Great and Good name of Apple Computers Inc in a vain scheme to prevent the iminent collapse of WinDoze. After all, it is common knowledge that viruses and malware are solely the providence of Win~Blows and (deservedly!!) exist to show the Microserfs what a piece of garbage their so called "choice" of an operating system really is. All Hail Steve Jobs!
Loser.
The funny part is you guys actually take that garbage seriously...
Perhaps I didn't take it far enough?
Wait what?!?!?!? Apple can't get viruses......
they can't... if you leave the password of a windows box as admin same shit happens...
Aww what have you done Apple? You got yourself some market share in the smartphone department and look what happened to your precious gem!
The funny part is you guys actually take that garbage seriously... Perhaps I didn't take it far enough?
It needs something... maybe.. yes! That's it!
I CAN HAS MOAR COWBELL?
This proves one thing, the most successful smartphone is a sweet target. Apple products aren't more secure per se, they simply do not have the same market share as the usual suspect.
Symantec and other security companies would gladly protect you from malware for a fee
Only reason MAC was impervious to virus' is that NO ONE CARED ABOUT MAC USERS! If more people used MAC's and there was something to get out of it, such as annoying a small portion of society, then there would be more virus'. Iphone is just that, an opportunity for a hacker to create a nusance for the thousands of believers out there who think they feel they received their Iphone from God himself (as well as load up on their personal information and do all the other good stuff they aim at PC users).
Only reason MAC was impervious to virus' is that NO ONE CARED ABOUT MAC USERS! If more people used MAC's and there was something to get out of it, such as annoying a small portion of society, then there would be more virus'. Iphone is just that, an opportunity for a hacker to create a nusance for the thousands of believers out there who think they feel they received their Iphone from God himself (as well as load up on their personal information and do all the other good stuff they aim at PC users).
This is a win-lose for Apple. On the one hand they have a definitive "I told you so" to jailbreakers who defy their "orders" to not jailbreak the device. But on the other hand most sites reporting this bury the fact that this only effects jailbroken devices and idiots who SSH without changing the default passwords deep within the article so that anyone who just reads the title will think this effects ALL iPhones.
FUCK YEAH
it was bound to happen as apple gained shares anyway...
My Guess.....it's a Microsoft Virus...lol
guess it's time for it to rot...LOLZ
this will be in there next ad:
want to hack into someones phone? there's an app for that.
LOL
There is bigger news like the gold plated tungsten bars at FT. Knox.
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Some of US either work in finance & economics or just hobbyist but this is not good.
This cannot be. Apple products are impervious to any malware. My hairy white ass they are. lol
How is this an apple product? They are talking about jailbroken iPhones only.
Gonna dp, sorry. I'm one of the first ones up to state that when Apple's market share increases you will see an influx of malware, but this isn't that story. Jailbreaking specifically removes security measures on the phone to keep unauthorized programs from running on it.
Blaming this on apple is like removing your breaks and blaming the car company when you get in a wreck.
This is so funny. Apple keeps touting Windows as buggy and virus prone. Then something like this happens to their products. If they could just be positive and stop bashing and pointing out the competitors flaws, this would not have been a big deal as every product has their faults. But No, Apple has to act all superior as if their products do not have problems. This is why I dislike Apple and the MAC lovers. They could not be positive without attacking the other side.
Clearly, a fabricated and patently false story created by Microsoft fanbois to discredit the Great and Good name of Apple Computers Inc in a vain scheme to prevent the iminent collapse of WinDoze. After all, it is common knowledge that viruses and malware are solely the providence of Win~Blows and (deservedly!!) exist to show the Microserfs what a piece of garbage their so called "choice" of an operating system really is. All Hail Steve Jobs!
exactly what are you talking about?! a conspiracy theory?! good for you fanboy
btw, you have some serious problems with spelling! or maybe you are trying to be funny...?!
how can people leave the default password on anything these days, just plain lazy
If you think about it, it make perfect sense. Apple has what 5% of the PC market share? Why bother trying to infect a MAC when 90%+ of the word uses some form of Windows. Why put the time and effort into infecting Macs when that same time and effort could infect so many more machines?
It's already known that the iPhone has patheticly weak security on it. My company's IT Dept won't even let iPhones connect to our servers. I made the switch to RIM and haven't looked back.