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Download Squad: Jailbroken iPhones in Australia getting Rickrolled by a worm
9 to 5 Mac - Apple Intelligence: Worm hits Jailbroken iPhones (and iPod Touches) with SSH enabled + no default password change
Mashable!: First iPhone Worm Targets Jailbroken iPhones [WARNING]
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bloody hell, my iPhone has a worm attack! http://tr.im/FiJp via @siyichua 4 days ago |
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iPhone Rickrolled: http://www.sophos.com/blogs/gc/g/2009/11/08/iphone-worm-discovered-wallpaper-rick-astley-photo/ 5 days ago |
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@sooncm kena worm already http://bit.ly/1arE2b 5 days ago |
Jailbroken iPhones in Australia getting Rickrolled by a worm
Download Squad —
... to Astley, one user commented that his image had been changed to a New England Patriots logo. The moral of the story? If you jailbreak your iPhone or iPod Touch, make sure you change the root password to something other than alpine so you can avoid the shenanigans. Jailbroken iPhones in Australia getting Rickrolled by a worm originally appeared on Download Squad on Sun, 08 Nov 2009 14:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments ...
Worm hits Jailbroken iPhones (and iPod Touches) with SSH enabled + no default password change
9 to 5 Mac - Apple Intelligence —
If you've jailbroken your iPhone and enabled SSH, change your default password!
Reports from Sophos indicate that another hack is spreading that uses this obvious vulnerability to Rick Roll Jailbreakers with the wallpaper pictured below. Sophos, being a security vendor, states the obvious: If you leave your iPhone open like this, literally everything in it including email and bank passwords are vulnerable. This one is currently circulating around Australia but nothing is preventing it from spreading overseas. ...
First iPhone Worm Targets Jailbroken iPhones [WARNING]
Mashable! —
... a photo of Rick Astley, then looks for other phones on the network to infect. That said, the exploit could easily be used by hackers with malicious intent for more nefarious purposes.
If you have a jailbroken iPhone and you’ve installed SSH without changing the default password (from “alpine”) you need to do so to avoid such attacks. If you have not jailbroken your iPhone or iPod Touch and installed SSH, you are not affected.
Sophos writes of the exploit:
SophosLabs is analysing the ...
Worm inflicts Rick Astley wallpaper on jailbroken iPhones
Hardware 2.0 —
... to allow it to run unofficial code. On top of that SSH (Secure Shell) must be installed and the password must be the default one - “alpine.” “Other inquisitive hackers may also be tempted to experiment once they read about the world’s first iPhone worm,” said Graham Cluley , a technology consultant with security vendor Sophos. “Furthermore, a more malicious hacker could take the code written by ikee and adapt it to have a more sinister payload.” As a side note, Cluley seems to have uncovered a fair bit of information on the person who wrote the worm. So far there are no ...
World's first iPhone worm Rickrolls angry fanbois
The Register —
iPhone owners in Australia awoke this weekend to find their devices were targeted by self-replicating attacks that display an image of 1980s heart throb Rick Astley that's not easily removed. The attacks, which researchers say are the world's first iPhone worm in the wild, target jailbroken iPhones that have SSH software installed and keep Apple's default root password of "alpine." In addition to showing a well-coiffed picture of Astley, the new wallpaper displays the message "ikee is never going to give you up," a play on Astley's saccharine addled 1987 hit " ...
First Worm to Target iPhone OS Identified
HardMac.com —
... 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. ...
Jailbroken Your iPhone? There’s a Worm For That
The Inquisitr » Technology —
... According to Sophos, there at least four variants of the worm written so far, and the “source code is littered with comments from the author suggesting the worm has been written as an experiment.” Another comment “berates affected users for not following instructions when installing SSH, because if they had changed the default password the worm would not have been able to infect them.” ...
First iPhone worm rickrolls jailbroken phones
Engadget Mobile —
... We sort of knew this would happen as soon as we heard about that iPhone wallpaper hack in the Netherlands -- a hacker named ikex has created what's apparently the first iPhone worm, and it's currently infecting jailbroken iPhones across Australia. The "ikee" worm, ...
First iPhone worm rickrolls jailbroken phones
Engadget —
... We sort of knew this would happen as soon as we heard about that iPhone wallpaper hack in the Netherlands -- a hacker named ikex has created what's apparently the first iPhone worm, and it's currently infecting jailbroken iPhones across Australia. The "ikee" worm, ...
Rickrolling iPhone worm is never gonna give you up
iPhone Atlas —
... . The photo is accompanied by the message "ikee is never gonna give you up," and it's apparently quite difficult to remove. According to security firm Sophos, this is the first worm detected that targets the iPhone . The vulnerability is pretty specific: the phones ...
Rickrolling iPhone worm is never gonna give you up
The Social —
... . The photo is accompanied by the message "ikee is never gonna give you up," and it's apparently quite difficult to remove. According to security firm Sophos, this is the first worm detected that targets the iPhone . The vulnerability is pretty specific: the phones ...
iPhone worm trickles out in Oz, does nothing malicious
Tech Ticker —
... with a text “ikee is never going to give you up”. Analysing the worm code reveals lots of comments that apparently proves, ikee’s intent is not to gain undue advantage but show as a proof of concept.
This worm basically attacks iPhones with SSH using the default “alpine” password. A way to save yourself from this type of attack is to change the SSH password. Here’s a quick little guide to change the default SSH password to something of your choice.
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Ikee: First iPhone worm on jailbroken handsets
PR News: —
... because your wallpaper will change to Rick Astley. According to Graham Cluley’s Blog, there is no confirmation that the worm has spread to the rest of the world, but it is not something that we can rule out. ...
Rickroll iPhone worm spreads: ikee is never gonna give you up
IT Blogwatch's blog —
... device and changing their data without permission is an offence in many countries - and just as with graffiti there is a cost involved in cleaning-up affected iPhones. ... The source code is littered with comments from the author suggesting the worm has been written as an experiment. One of the comments berates affected users for not following instructions when installing SSH, because if they had changed the default password the worm would not have been able to infect them.. more So what's your take? Get involved: ...
First iPhone Worm Discovered: Rickrolls Jailbroken iPhones [IPhone]
Gizmodo —
... So if you're a Jailbreaker, go into Cydia, install the MobileTerminal app, and use the passwd command to change the default from "alpine", to something a little more secure. [Sophos] ...
Worm Hits Jailbroken iPhones; Apple Plans Jailbreak Crackdown [Security]
Lifehacker —
[image] A number of jailbroken iPhone owners in Australia have found their lock screen wallpaper replaced by Rick Astley , as the first real worm spreads itself around. That's just one more reason any jailbreaker should ...
News: New iPhone worm ‘Rickrolls’ jailbroken devices
iLounge | All Things iPod, iPhone, iTunes and beyond —
image A new iPhone worm first spotted in Australia is spreading amongst jailbroken devices , changing their backgrounds to a picture of “Never Gonna Give You Up” singer Rick Astley. Similar to the harmless extortion message ...
It’s shameless how they flirt
GMSV —
... , one of which places the iPhone on the Island of Misfit Toys. Some Australian iPhoners have been hit by a rickrolling worm , and it’s their own darn fault. The “never going to give you up” hack, which replaces the home screen image with a photo of ’80s crooner Rick Astley, targets only jailbroken iPhones — those in which security restrictions have been overridden to allow non-sanctioned applications – whose owners have not changed the default password for the SSH protocol. The antidote is revealed in a chat between ...
New iPhone Worm: How Worried Should We Be?
ReadWriteWeb —
... about his hack. He even cheekily tweets a response to a post on security firm's Sophos blog where the writer had sought out the hacker's identity via Google searches: "You know man if you wanted my number you could have asked." And he wasn't kidding - Towns has been happily responding to media requests via his Twitter account. For example, he told ...
iPhone Worm Rolls Jailbroken iPhones to Rick Astley
Digital Trends —
... . According to security firm Sophos , the worm can only impact users of jailbroken iPhones who have installed SSH on their devices. (The worm does not impact iPhones running Apple’s unaltered iPhone operating system). The worm gets in by exploiting a default password in the SSH installation; if SSH users never got around to changing the password, their iPhones are vulnerable. Once on board, the worm tried to find other iPhones on the user’s mobile carrier and also have the SSH vulnerability. And it sets the users’ desktop wallpaper to an image of Rick Astley and the message ...
Jailbroken iPhone? SSH installed? Beware of worms!
MacFixIt —
... . According to Sophos , the current worm is available in four variants, which suggests more may soon be released. So far the worm does not appear to do anything malicious to affected iPhones, and seems to be more of a proof-of-concept attack than anything else; however, it does expose a vulnerability for those who have jailbroken their systems. The worm mainly takes advantage of an overlooked security step where people who have enabled SSH have not changed the root password from the default "alpine" to something else. This basically will allow any script to run if it provides ...
iPhone worm attacks jailbroken iPhones with default password
Infinite Loop —
... , this malware can spread itself to other vulnerable devices that are accessible to an infected phone. The worm scans the network, looking for jailbroken phones with an open SSH port and attempts to use the default passwords. At least four variants exist in the wild, the latter of which makes an attempt to hide itself by burying the code in a filepath that looks like the path for Cydia, a jailbreak app installer. ...
Malicious iPhone Worm Threatens Jailbroken Devices
Mac|Life all RSS Feed —
... default SSH password. Ars Technica is reporting that there are at least four variants of this worm that are making their rounds. The worm debuted in Australia on the Optus mobile network and has currently spread to Optus iPhones in other countries. Protecting yourself from this virus is as simple as getting rid of the default password on your Jailbroken iPhone's SSH feature. You can get the instructions for doing this on the F-Secure website. Sophos anti-virus firm has more details on this worm on their website. ...
Jailbreakers: First iPhone Worm Discovered, Features Rick Astley [TheAppleBlog]
GigaOM Network —
... In the case of this worm, which only changes the background wallpaper to the Astley photo with the slogan, “ikee is never going to give you up” across the top, Graham Cluley of SophosLabs suggests it’s really only an experiment: ...
Jailbreakers: First iPhone Worm Discovered, Features Rick Astley
TheAppleBlog —
... In the case of this worm, which only changes the background wallpaper to the Rick Astley photo with the slogan “ikee is never going to give you up” across the top, Graham Cluley of SophosLabs suggests it’s really only an experiment: ...
‘ikee’ iPhone worm discovered, changes wallpaper to Rick Astley’s photo
D' Technology Weblog —
... "ikex" - changes lock background wallpaper to an image of Rick Astley with message: ikee is never going to give you up. Important: If you’ve jailbroken your iPhone or iPod Touch, and installed SSH, then you must always change your root user password to something different than default, "alpine". The worm’ll not affect users who’ve not jailbroken their iPhones or who’ve not installed SSH.
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Jarrett House North —
... First iPhone worm discovered – ikee changes wallpaper to Rick Astley photo | Graham Cluley's blog
On the one hand: "hey, mobile phone vulnerability!" On the other hand, if you're jailbreaking and installing ssh, but not changing your root password… ...
Rick Astley resurrected in iPhone worm
MacFixIt —
So, this is pretty great. There is a humor factor to all of this, but also a point I want to make. First, the news though. It has been widely reported in the tech news circuit that an Australian hacker wrote the first worm for an ...
Secure your jailbroken iPhone against worm
iPhone Atlas —
... from the Cydia store. Then: 1. Tap the MobileTerminal icon to open a terminal window. 2. Enter su and press return. 3. Enter the current default root user password alpine and press return. 4. Type passwd and press return. 5. Enter a new password and press return. 6. Enter the new password again and press return. The root password is now changed, and your jailbroken iPhone or iPod Touch is now a bit more secure than it was before and less vulnerable to the first worm detected that targets the iPhone .
