| iPhone worm |
[Sun, 8-Nov-2009 3:29 PM] |
 First iPhone worm discovered Apple iPhone owners in Australia have reported that their smartphones have been infected by a worm that has changed their wallpaper to an image of 1980s pop crooner Rick Astley. Once in place, the worm appears to attempt to find other iPhones on the mobile phone network that are similarly vulnerable, and installs itself again On each installation, the worm - written by a hacker calling themselves "ikex" - changes the lock background wallpaper to an image of Rick Astley with the message: "ikee is never going to give you up".
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if one is to unlock and jailbreak their iPhone, one should expect to have no security what-so-ever. it is just a bsd box in your pocket after all.
![[User Picture]](http://l-userpic.livejournal.com/2527387/694455) | From: ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) sweh
Sun, 8-Nov-2009 11:39 PM (UTC)
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ITYM "if one is to unlock and jailbreak their iPhone without read the documentation where you're told to change the default password then..."
![[User Picture]](http://l-userpic.livejournal.com/12354261/695888) | From: ivorjawa
Sun, 8-Nov-2009 11:38 PM (UTC)
Seems to only infect those users with a fatal case of Teh Dum. | (Link)
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"The worm, which could have spread to other countries although we have no confirmed reports outside Australia, is capable of breaking into jailbroken iPhones if their owners have not changed the default password after installing SSH."
![[User Picture]](http://l-userpic.livejournal.com/5887295/515656) | From: jwz
Sun, 8-Nov-2009 11:40 PM (UTC)
Re: Seems to only infect those users with a fatal case of Teh Dum. | (Link)
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Yes, I did actually read the article I posted a link to.
It's still hilarious.
![[User Picture]](http://l-userpic.livejournal.com/48349967/2053) | From: detritus
Mon, 9-Nov-2009 12:43 AM (UTC)
Re: Seems to only infect those users with a fatal case of Teh Dum. | (Link)
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I don't consider using a default password as "breaking into".
![[User Picture]](http://l-userpic.livejournal.com/58407866/1392559) | From: pushupstairs
Mon, 9-Nov-2009 2:07 AM (UTC)
Re: Seems to only infect those users with a fatal case of Teh Dum. | (Link)
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I consider it "flagrant user error".
![[User Picture]](http://l-userpic.livejournal.com/83650332/14256) | From: ajaxxx
Mon, 9-Nov-2009 2:07 AM (UTC)
Re: Seems to only infect those users with a fatal case of Teh Dum. | (Link)
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So the rtm worm didn't count? Interesting retcon.
![[User Picture]](http://l-userpic.livejournal.com/44634019/780732) | From: whumpdotcom
Mon, 9-Nov-2009 4:24 AM (UTC)
Re: Seems to only infect those users with a fatal case of Teh Dum. | (Link)
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So if someone leaves a car unlocked by mistake, you think you're entitled to steal the contents?
![[User Picture]](http://l-userpic.livejournal.com/88237279/2261604) | From: mister_borogove
Mon, 9-Nov-2009 4:35 AM (UTC)
Re: Seems to only infect those users with a fatal case of Teh Dum. | (Link)
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Well, this is slightly more akin to opening an unlocked car and dumping posters of Rick Astley in the back seat. Or slapping magnetic bumper stickers with pictures of Rick Astley over your existing bumper stickers. Or something.
![[User Picture]](http://l-userpic.livejournal.com/6817985/608246) | From: azul_ros
Mon, 9-Nov-2009 5:46 AM (UTC)
Re: Seems to only infect those users with a fatal case of Teh Dum. | (Link)
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LOL! :D
![[User Picture]](http://l-userpic.livejournal.com/137781/2404) | From: volkris
Tue, 10-Nov-2009 1:46 PM (UTC)
Re: Seems to only infect those users with a fatal case of Teh Dum. | (Link)
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Unlike a car, a computer actively participates in the transaction, actively providing services that the owner instructed (whether he intended to or not). The unlocked car fails to bar your entry; the computer succeeds in handing you control.
It's more like leaving your chauffeur with instructions to offer the car's contents to anyone who addresses him as Bob.
Style points to the first worm that changes the user's ring tone to "Never gonna give you up." Extra credit for video.
I love that it appears, from the code snippet, to also Rickroll your logfiles.
Interview with the author of the worm here. Kind of surprising to me that he wasn't concerned about getting in trouble. I hope no one in government decides to class him as a cyberterrorist.
(Which is not to say that he doesn't deserve a slap on the wrist.)
WASHINGTON, D.C. — November 11th, 2012
In a stunning victory that left pollsters scrambling for answers, Rick Astley was elected President of the United States. | |
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