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Jailbroken iPhones beware, if you have SSH installed, you’re going to want to change your default root password quick. Like lickity-split quick. Following the jailbroken iPhone hack that held Dutch iPhones for ransom, another hacker is targeting Australian iPhones that have been jailbroken and are still running the default SSH password. Hacker “ikex” has created what seems to be the first iPhone worm that roots (no pun intended) out jailbroken iPhones and replaces the wallpaper to an image of Rick Astley. The “ikee” worm then looks for other vulnerable iPhones on its network and tries to keep on “rickrolling” on.
If you’re not jailbroken with SSH installed, or your outside of Australia, you’re probably in the clear for now. But, if SSH is something you’ve dabbled with in the past, it might behoove you to change your password as soon as possible.
[Via: EngadgetMobile]
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Will Park
Will hails from The City of Angels - Los Angeles, California. He spends his time playing with his numerous gadgets and looking forward to seeing what future holds for mobile technology. An avid promoter of a fully "digital" life, he promotes the widespread adoption of truly mobile, paper-less living. He dreams of the day when he can go completely digital. No more snail mail, paper receipts, bound books, notepads/spiral notebooks, credit cards, hard currency. He's a digital warrior - fighting for the converged life. He is an idealist and a realist - he has a perfect view of what the world should be but knows that the world is not perfect. Can we ever hope to see Will's dream become reality? We'll see...
