Warning: First iPhone Worm Discovered

Filed in: Gadgets, Security — November 9th, 2009

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For iPhone/iPod Touch users. The first ever iPhone worm has been discovered in Australia. The infected iPhones will have their wallpaper changed to an image of Rick Astley.

wallpaper of iphone infected by ikee worm

The wallpaper has an message “ikee is never going to give you up”.

The worm is capable of breaking into jailbroken iPhones if their owners have not changed the default password after installing SSH.

Once the worm breaks in, it will find the other iPhones in the mobile phone network with similarly vulnerable and spread itself to them again.

Anyway, your iPhone is safe if you haven’t jailbreak it or have not installed SSH.

You must always change your root user password if you have jailbroken you iPhone or iPod Touch, and installed SSH.

More information about the worm and the worm’s author here.

Who is Rick Astley? Click here for information about the 1980s pop singer.

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  • WaWa, iPhone also got worm in Australia, Look like the Msn Virus destroyed the iPhone, is it the iPhone will spread among the iPhone/ iPod users ?
  • although does not do much harm (only change the wallpaper), the iPhone worm will try to infect other iPhone/iPod Touch in the mobile network.
  • Oh I see. This is the first warning for iPhone users, So users must take care of the root password to prevent iPhone worm, isn't it ?
  • In this case, your iPhone is safe as long as you do not jailbreak your
    iPhone.
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