First iPhone virus?

samstephens · 11-10-2009, 04:20 PM

A Sydney man is claiming to have written the first iPhone virus:

Australian admits creating first iPhone virus - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

Granted, it only works on "Jailbroken" phones, but it sounds like there may be a lot of those out there!

Timely reminder to set good passwords on your devices, websites, etc.

I certainly don't want Rick Astley stalking me....

cheers
Sam

Martin.Avis · 11-10-2009, 04:43 PM

It is only jailbroken iphones that have SSH enabled and use the default password.

Change your password and you should be safe again. For now.

Martin

Fraggler · 11-10-2009, 04:47 PM

Pretty funny but he is pretty naive...openly admitting to doing it and then even saying his alias is in the source code. He might not have done any damage but he has just shown the light to some more destructive kids

samstephens · 11-10-2009, 10:10 PM

Yeah: signing the code? Telling the newspaper it was you, and that you can prove it?

That sounds like something the attorney for the prosecution would be interested in.

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Fraggler Troy Steele War Room Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 1,699 Thanks: 701 Thanked 464 Times in 300 Posts Social Networking	Re: First iPhone virus? Pretty funny but he is pretty naive...openly admitting to doing it and then even saying his alias is in the source code. He might not have done any damage but he has just shown the light to some more destructive kids
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samstephens DLGuard.com War Room Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Central Coast, Australia Posts: 6,199 Thanks: 67 Thanked 257 Times in 117 Posts Social Networking	Re: First iPhone virus? Yeah: signing the code? Telling the newspaper it was you, and that you can prove it? That sounds like something the attorney for the prosecution would be interested in.
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