Archive for 'iPhone Threats'
iPhone Users Beware of AT&T Wi-Fi Hot Spot
A security researcher has discovered that any wireless network can pretend to be an AT&T Wi-Fi hot spot and thus lure unsuspecting iPhone users to an untrusted network connection. Samy Kamkar, who created a worm that garnered him a million friends on MySpace overnight in 2005, said in an interview this week that he can [...]
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Our previous article titled “Jailbroken iPhones Targeted by New Worm“, highly recommends that all users change their default root password in order to prevent an attacker to take control over the iPhone. Users, who have a jailbroken device and are concerned about worms, should backup their data, and then restore the device to its factory [...]
Full StoryJailbroken iPhones Targeted by New Worm
There’s a new worm that targets jailbroken iPhones running SSH, and still have the iPhone default password. This worm can steal data contained on the iPhone and connect back to the attacker, giving them control over the phone. This worm has the ability to download and install Malware onto the iPhone as well. The root [...]
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