FIRST VIRUS IN IPHONE

The first worm virus has been observed on thethat lead them to the music video with Rick Astley
iPhone according to the internet security companysinging "Never going to give you up".
called F-Secure. It is supposedly only attackingThe iPhone worm is only spread on phones which are
jailbroken iPhones and has not changed the rootjailbroken, that is hacked and the operator lock is
password from its original setting.broken enabling the users to use any operator and
The cvirus is called "Ikee" and creates a new wallsoftware not authorized by Apple.
paper on your iPhone with Rick Astley on it.The worm only succeed to attack phones that have
This is probably just the pre-cursor of more to comenot changed the default root password that was on
- more serious viruses.the phone at purchase. The password is "alpine".
The newly detected worm with the name "Ikee"The worm is spread through the network protocol
does not make much harm but internet securitySHH (Secure Shell) according to F-Secure. After the
companies warn that worse things are yet to come.startup picture is changed the worm "Ikee" turns off
Iphone users hit by the "Ikee" virus will get the ri wallthe SHH serfvice on your phone and protects it
papers changed to a picture of the pop singer fromagainst any new infections.
the 80's called Rick Astley. The message "Ikee isThe creator of this worm has published the source
never going to give you up" is also written on thecode for the four existing variants of the worm. This
screen.opens for new variants very quick as people begin to
The message reflects the internet event Rickrollingexplore the code in detail and refine this.
where the net users were tricked to click on a link