Latest iPhone Worm Found To Be Malicious

In the last few months we have seen the very first real threats to the iPhone surface. One of the first 2 to be discovered displayed an image of singer Rick Astley with the text “Ikee is never going to give you up” with Ikee being the hacker behind it.

Well the latest worm to be found is, unfortunately, slightly more malicious. Found only in the Netherlands so far, the hackers are targeting users on public wifi hotspots who are doing their online banking with ING.

As with all the worms so far, the hackers are exploiting the fact that jailbroken users have not changed the default SSH password from “alpine”.
When successful, the hackers are able to redirect the user to a fake webpage, cloned to look like that of their bank. The user being none the wiser will then sign into their account, not knowing that their details are being stolen by the hackers.

Even though these worms have so far been isolated to certain countries doesn’t mean they won’t spread, so it is VERY important to change your SSH root password NOW!!

Here are instructions on how to do this;

1.Install Mobile Terminal from Cydia
2.Open Terminal and type: su (and then enter)
3.Then type: alpine (don’t worry you wont see what you type)
4.Then type: passwd (and enter)
5.then type your new password (enter), and again to confirm (enter).

Thats it, your SSH password has now been changed, safeguarding you from all current iPhone attacks in circulation.