The iPhone discovered the first malicious worm
In the Netherlands, discovered the first malicious worm for smartphone iPhone, transmits BBC News. His potential victims are the users of the Internet interface of the Dutch online bank ING Direct. Infected phone, it redirects users to a site similar to a bank and steals data.
infected, can only be hacked (jailbroken) phones with software installed SSH. By default its password – “alpine”. If it does not change during the installation, the worm will be able to gain access to the phone.
new worm discovered employees of the company F-Secure, dealing with IT-security. In F-Secure say that the ability to behave as a botnet, since it can be controlled from the outside without the permission of the host phone. While only a few hundred infected phones, informs Lenta.ru.
Reports of the first worm for the iPhone, ikee, appeared in early November. He does not harm the owners mobile phones, but only changed the wallpaper in the photo Eighties pop singer Rick Astley. As a new worm, old used to penetrate the password to SSH.
