iPhone RickRoll Worm Author Now at Mogeneration iPhone Dev Company

Known on the Internet as Ikeeex, the author of the first iPhone worm is now a legitimate employee working for an iPhone app company. Ashley Towns now will have his weekdays full with Mogeneration, the self-described Australia’s leading iPhone development company.” Security professionals are wary of this development. Graham Cluley of Sophos thinks “there [...]

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Malicious iPhone worm for Jailbroken iPhones spotted in the Netherlands

We’ve heard of iPhone worms in the past, but according to this latest report by the BBC, this is the first one that’s malicious and poses a serious threat to iPhone users. Similar to the Rick Astley iPhone worm (also referred to as ikeex) and iPhone/Privacy.A worm, this new iPhone virus works on the same [...]

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Jailbroken iPhones RickRoll’d by “ikeeex”

Security company Sophos has found an iPhone virus. Australians owning jailbroken iPhones have found that an unusual worm has infected their smartphones. The hacker’s name is apparently “ike_x” or “ikeeex” (according to his Twitter) and he has found a way to change the background of infected iPhones with a photo of Rick Astley. Here’s Sophos’ official [...]

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