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New iPhone Virus is More Sinister, Targets Netherland iPhone Users
 The first iPhone virus was harmless. All the Ikee Worm did to your phone was display an image of Rick Astley. The BBC is reporting that a new iPhone virus is more serious. It is targeting people in the Netherlands who use the iPhone for banking. The virus uses a phising tactic and redirects people to a "lookalike site with a log-in screen."
The worm only attacks jail-broken iPhones that have SSH installed but have not changed the default password.
Many people use SSH so other programs can remotely connect to an iPhone and, among other things, transfer files. It comes with a default password, "alpine" which should be changed.
Users who have installed SSH and not changed the password are especially at risk.
The new worm is more serious than the first because it can behave like a botnet, warns F-Secure.
ING Bank told the BBC they are preparing to put up a warning on its website about the iPhone virus.
Posted on November 23, 2009
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Ikee Worm Hits iPhones in Australia, Displays Rick Astley Image
 Sophos.com reports that a worm named ikee is spreading on iPhones in Australia. Sophos says the virus is spreading on iPhones that have been jailbroken but only if their owners "did not change the default password after installing SSH.:
On infected iPhones the worm changes the iPhone's wallpaper to an image of singer Rick Astley. The wallpaper contains the phrase, "ikee is never going to give you up." The worm spreads to other iPhones via wireless networks.
The worm was created by an Australian student who claims he was just trying to raise awarenesss. He told Australia's ABC news, ""This virus pretty much exploits people's laziness to change their password,. Somebody with more malicious intent could have done anything -- read your SMSs, go through your emails, view your contacts, photos -- anything."
So far the worm has not been reported outside of Australia.
Posted on November 10, 2009
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