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Old 11-23-2009, 12:19 PM   #1
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Default iPhone Jailbreakers... Be warned

I posted something like this a couple weeks back, but it was just a harmless Rick Astley thing. Now they're starting to get much more serious.

If you jailbreak your phone, change your default root password!

http://www.macrumors.com/2009/11/23/...n-netherlands/

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It is specifically targeting people in the Netherlands who are using their iPhones for internet banking with Dutch online bank ING. It redirects the bank's customers to a lookalike site with a log-in screen.
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When active on an iPhone, the iBotnet worm changes the root password for the device, in order to prevent users from later changing that password themselves. It then connects to a server in Lithuania, from which it downloads new files and data, and to which it sends data recovered from the infected iPhone. The worm sends both network information about the iPhone and SMSs to the remote server. It is capable of downloading data, including executables that it uses to run and carry out its actions, as well as new files, providing botnet capabilities to infected devices.

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Old 11-23-2009, 12:42 PM   #2
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Wow thanks for the head up. I have an ipod so I am not sure if I am at as much risk but I will let people know. How do you change the password? I assume go to terminal and use the "passwd" command? Thanks for the heads up!
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