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The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW): Worm rickrolls unsecured jailbroken iPhones via SSH
The iPhone Blog: Jailbreakers Who Don’t Change SSH Password — There’s a Rickroll for That
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Ikee iphone virus, an interview with ikee, really interesting stuff... http://bit.ly/4eh1f6 13 days ago |
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iPhones don't get viruses! http://bit.ly/2DeF27 ... hipsters! 14 days ago |
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irc chat with the guy behind the first (jailbroken) iphone worm http://bit.ly/tEUi0 - You have set your ssh password, right ? 14 days ago |
Worm rickrolls unsecured jailbroken iPhones via SSH
The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) —
... This hack originated in Australia, the home country of ikee, and has possibly spread to other iPhones in other countries, but we've been unable to verify that. A gentleman by the name of JD held an interview with the hacker over IRC and posted it to his blog. In ikee's own words, here's how the worm has spread: ...
Jailbreakers Who Don’t Change SSH Password — There’s a Rickroll for That
The iPhone Blog —
... And the new background is, of course, Rick Astley. While removal details are included in an interview with the hacker, it’s better to be safe than sorry. So, check our ...
Protect iPhone 3GS Against ikee Virus Attack
Redmond Pie —
... infected by ikee, It automatically starts searching for other iPhone’s on the cellular network that use the root:alpine username/password combination. Once it finds another vulnerable iPhone, it installs itself and begins the process again and this goes on like a nuclear chain reaction. ikee virus will disable SSH access on your iPhone and will change the background image to that of “Rick Astley” as can be seen in the screenshot above.
Here is an excerpt from the recently held interview with the hacker Ikee over IRC:
First I was curious ...
Ikee Worm Targets Unsecured SSH on Jailbroken iPhones
iPhonefreak —
... are instructions how using a Cydia terminal app. A blogger named JD has an interview with the hacker which took place over IRC. It appears that he didn’t expect the virus to become as widespread as it has, especially since he only infected a few phones initially. This speaks to the pandemic-like nature of worms and viruses–they sometimes explode long before we realize what’s happening. Luckily this particular hack seems easy to remove, and prevention is also fairly simple. It all comes down to one of the most basic IT security tenets–always change your default passwords . ...
Aussie Worm Rickrolls Jailbroken iPhones
Apple Forums & iPhone Forums, Mods, Hacks, News, Themes, Downloads, and more! | ModMyi.com - 4,711,751,911 —
... A blogger posted the transcript of an IRC chat with ikee, in which he explained that he wrote the worm because he "was curious to how far something like this would actually spread." He says that it "was all in good fun (well ok for me anyway)." The blogger also posted the ...
World's first iPhone worm Rickrolls angry fanbois
The Register —
... takes the time to jailbreak an iPhone. While the hack greatly expands the capabilities of the Apple smartphone, it can also make it more vulnerable. Programs such as OpenSSH, which can only be installed after iPhones have undergone the procedure, can be extremely useful, but if owners haven't bothered to change their root password, the programs also represent a gaping hole waiting to be exploited. Indeed, a hacker going by the moniker ikee and claiming to be responsible for the worm said here that he wrote the program to bring awareness to the widely followed practice of ...
Worm Rickrolls Unsecured Jailbroken iPhones Via SSH
The Iphone Spot —
... This hack originated in Australia, the home country of ikee, and has possibly spread to other iPhones in other countries, but we’ve been unable to verify that. A gentleman by the name of JD held an interview with the hacker over IRC and posted it to his blog. In ikee’s own words, here’s how the worm has spread: ...
iPhone worm cripples handsets with Rick Astley
Techradar - All the latest technology news —
... If you're one of the users affected by the virus, a conversation with the hacker has been published, where he tells how to unlock the code. ...
Rickroll iPhone worm spreads: ikee is never gonna give you up
IT Blogwatch's blog —
... code itself is set to firstly scan the 3G IP range the phone is on, then Optus/Vodafone/Telstra's IP Ranges ... then a random 20 IP ranges. ... I admit I probably pissed of a few people, but it was all in good fun. ... I highly doubt I'm in any real [legal] trouble. ... I guess i'm hoping that the jailbreak software will soon have a "enter new root password" prompt for those users that are un-aware ... or even a random password generated and displayed for the user to write down. more Graham Cluley gotta make you understand: Accessing someone else's computing device and ...
It’s shameless how they flirt
GMSV —
... , 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 blogger JD and hacker ikee . BBC News reports estimates that up to 10 percent of iPhones and iPod Touches are jailbroken. In other smartphone news: ...
