Comments on: iPhone Worms Move From Harmless (Rickroll) to Nasty (Stolen Bank Info)

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By: Fatkid

Fatkid — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 21:37:47 +0000

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By: Brandon

Brandon — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 06:39:08 +0000

How this worm functions in the first place is the exact same way the first harmless one did. One thing in common with all jailbroken iPhones is that SSh is enabled; which provides remote access to the iPhone’s file system. SSh enabled isn’t the whole reason to why all jailbroken iPhones are at risk, its actually due to the fact that all jailbroken iPhones with SSh enabled, have the same default password that is used to access the iPhone’s file system. This vulnerability can easily fixed, you disable SSh on your iPhone, and/or you can change this root password to anything you want, locking out any worm. Of course anyone with concerns about the worm, should already know how to do these things to protect themselves. Unless of course you paid someone to unlock it for you, if so then shame on you. Its as easy as pressing a button to jailbreak your iPhone. The main reason of doing so is of course the availability to install apps that weren’t approved by apple.

By: Cory

Cory — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 20:12:05 +0000

Lol, because possibly falling pray to a pretty transparent scheme is a good reason to accept Apple’s clenching-hold on your.. hair.

By: FIl

FIl — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 19:37:01 +0000

1. The point of jailbreaking a iPhone is to allow it to run unauthorized apps. Clearly the fact that it can run unauthorized apps now IS the security hole.

2. OS X isn’t invincible, viruses aren’t as widespread on it; doesn’t mean there aren’t any.

3. Just because OS X and iPhone OS have the same foundation doesn’t make them equivalent; you can’t just run an OS X app on an iPhone.

By: Nick

Nick — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 19:17:52 +0000

What I really don’t get is how the worm functions in the first place – are these jailbroken iPhones users turning off all the built-in security? Does Apple recognize jailbroken phones and instead of turning them off, opens them up for attack? Is it getting in through holes in non-approved applications?

I mean, Apple’s always going on in commercials about how virus and hacker proof OSX is, and the iPhone runs a version of OSX…. Macs are not sealed up like an iPhone, they’re basically ‘jailbroken’ from the terms of security an iPhone has vs. regular OSX…. so how does jailbreaking the iPhone open it up to attacks over WiFi that wont harm a regular Mac?