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Jailbroken iPhones in Australia getting Rickrolled by a worm
If the possibility of having your jailbroken iPod Touch or iPhone held ransom for 5 Euros wasn't enough of a scare to make you change your root password, maybe this will. Users on an Australian forum site are reporting a new attack - one that's no stranger to love.You guessed it, the newest attack on jailbroken devices is a wallpaper Rickroll. Along with Rick Astley's devilishly handsome headshot, the image also includes the message "ikee is never gonna give you up."
It's actually a pretty tame attack. There are no reports in the forum of sounds being replaced with that all-to-familiar opening verse or repeated, mind-numbing video assaults.
At least one variation has also popped up. In addition to Astley, one user commented that his image had been changed to a New England Patriots logo.
The moral of the story?
If you jailbreak your iPhone or iPod Touch, make sure you change the root password to something other than alpine so you can avoid the shenanigans.
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Subscribe to commentsLiamNov 8th 2009 2:11PM
but... but... macs don't get viruses, spyware or rickrolls!
chrisNov 8th 2009 2:37PM
I'm not saying there aren't viruses, spyware, etc. for macs, but it was pointed out that this is happening to jailbroken iPhones, so this is no one's fault except the people who jailbreak theirs.
DeoWulfNov 8th 2009 2:45PM
Once you get past Apple's restrictions, you are also past their protection. Gasp!
ZintinioNov 8th 2009 2:57PM
@DeoWulf
What are you talking about? "Past their protection." Apple has nothing to do with this, it was because the user had a jailbroken iphone, and he wasn't careful. Apple does nothing for you.
DavidNov 8th 2009 3:15PM
Serves all these "holier than thou" Mac fanboys (and girls) right.I'm sick of hearing all the anti Microsoft propaganda.Screw em.
DavidNov 8th 2009 3:18PM
Also, the fact that you have to "jailbreak" your damn phone to get out from under Apple & AT&T's bigass thumbs should tell you something.Wake up MacZombies.Quit drinking the Kool Aid.
Brian!Nov 9th 2009 6:32AM
Sorry, I don't drink Kool Aid. That is not an Apple product.
Michael ArgastNov 9th 2009 11:19AM
Shockingly, when we (Sophos) polled users, 75% said that they believed that spreading this sort of worm was a good thing - to raise security awareness.
http://www.sophos.com/blogs/gc/g/2009/11/09/75-worm-author-iphone
Worse, the author is acting as if he didn't do anything wrong...
http://www.sophos.com/blogs/gc/g/2009/11/09/worm-author-tells-media-initially-infected-100-iphones/
Per DeoWolf's comment - once you crack your phone, you're on your own.
Michael Argast, Security Analyst, Sophos