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Gizmodo: Dutch Hacker Holds Jailbroken iPhones Hostage For €5 Ransom While Exposing Security Vulnerability [IPhone]
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Dutch Hacker Holds Jailbroken iPhones Hostage For €5 Ransom While Exposing Security Vulnerability [IPhone]
Gizmodo —
... This particular gentleman was almost kind. He didn't inflict any serious harm, only demanded a small optional payment, and limited his activity to the Netherlands. Whoever learns from his approach might not be as nice. The lesson, my darlings? Change your root passwords if you've got a jailbroken iPhone or disable SSH. I finally did. [Ars Technica] ...
Jailbreakers that don't change thier
9 to 5 Mac - Apple Intelligence —
Here's the short version: You jailbreak your iPhone and SSH access is opened on it. If you don't change your password, a hacker knows your login and password and can log into your iPhone (or iPod touch). A Dutch hacker takes this a bit further by throwing up an SMS popup after breaking into unsecured iPhones and asking €5 for instructions on how to secure the iPhone. We'll save you €5 -- do a restore.
The long version is at Ars.
If you want to stay clear of this kind of nonsense, change ...
Jailbreakers that don't change their default passwords get hacked
9 to 5 Mac - Apple Intelligence —
Here's the short version: You jailbreak your iPhone and SSH access is opened on it. If you don't change your default root password, a hacker can log into your iPhone (or iPod touch) and gain full control very easily. A Dutch hacker takes this a bit further by throwing up an SMS popup after breaking into unsecured iPhones and asking €5 for instructions on how to secure the iPhone. We'll save you €5 -- do a restore.
The long version is at Ars.
If you want to stay clear of this kind of ...
News: Hacker targets jailbroken iPhones in extortion ploy
iLounge | All Things iPod, iPhone, iTunes and beyond —
image A Dutch hacker has used an exploit commonly left open when jailbreaking an iPhone or iPod touch to try and extort €5 from a number of T-Mobile Netherlands users. Ars Technica reports that the hacker used port scanning to identify jailbroken iPhones on the network that had SSH running. As many users who had activated SSH had not changed the default root password, the hacker was able to hack into the devices and send an alert that appeared on the screen like an incoming SMS message. The false alert read, “Your iPhone’s been hacked because it’s really insecure! Please visit ...
Dutch hacker accesses jailbroken iPhones, requests €5
The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) —
... users to Paypal and requests €5 in exchange for instructions that explain how to remove the hack. But how did he get in? By relying on users' forgetfulness. All iPhones have a default root password. Those who forget to change it are vulnerable to this very kind of attack.
Asking for money is kind of a bummer but much less obnoxious that other things he could have done. The moral of the story is pay attention and be thorough when jailbreaking your iPhone.
[Via Ars Technica] TUAWDutch hacker accesses jailbroken iPhones, requests €5 ...
iPhones Taken Hostage By Dutch Hacker
iSmashPhone —
... A Dutch hacker took a number of unsuspecting iPhones hostage (so to speak) and created some panic in the iPhone universe. Users running jailbroken iPhones on the T-mobile Netherlands were greeted with a SMS alert which spelled out the predicament of their device and also the hacker’s demand! The hacker in question asked for a paltry sum of €5 and in turn promised a fix. ...
Hacker breaks into jailbroken iPhones and asks for money
iPhone Atlas —
... Ars Technica reports that before the page was removed it asked that victims send 5 euros ($7.36) to a PayPal account and then await an e-mail with instructions on how to secure the phone. The fix probably would involve restoring the factory settings, according to the Ars Technica post. ...
Dutch Hacker Ransoms Jailbroken iPhones For €5, Issues Apology
iPhone Alley - RSS —
... had used port scanning to discover jailbroken iPhones running on T-Mobile Netherlands's network that had been jailbroken and were running SSH (commonly used to allow the user to log in to the device via a Terminal and run UNIX commands). In the following hours, the hacker appears to have changed his ways, posting instructions for undoing the hack at no charge. He has also since apologized for asking for money and returned the money he's made from the stunt. [via Ars Technica ]
Hacker Holds Dutch iPhones for Petty Ransom
Wired: Gadget Lab —
... The exploit only worked against jailbroken iPhones. Many iPhone owners who jailbreak their handsets perform a common procedure called enabling SSH in order to execute UNIX commands on the device. iPhones have a default root password that many forget to change, and the hacker was able to scan for iPhones on the T-Mobile Netherlands network running SSH and then gain access by entering the default password, Ars Technica’s Chris Foresman explained. ...
Dutch hacker seeks out jailbroken iPhones for fame and fortune
Engadget —
... Jailbreaking an iPhone certainly brings many benefits, but it's also frought with some peril, as amply demonstrated by a Dutch hacker who decided to go snooping around for vulnerable jailbroken iPhones in the Netherlands. While he apparently didn't actually ...
Jailbroken iPhones Held for Ransom by Dutch Hacker
Phones Review —
... According to an article over on arstechnica, a Dutch hacker looked for jailbroken iPhones with SSG running, this enabled the hacker to hack and display a message which said… “You iPhone’s been hacked because it’s really insecure! Please visit doiop.com/iHacked and secure your iPhone right now! Right now, I can access all your files.” ...
Dutch Jailbroken iPhones "Gehackt"
Apple Forums & iPhone Forums, Mods, Hacks, News, Themes, Downloads, and more! | ModMyi.com - 4,711,751,911 —
... The exploit is not a complicated one, and a commenter to Ars Technica noted that security researchers have done it in the past, and downloaded users' SMS databases as a "proof of concept" that the security hole exists. A Netherlands-based commenter on tweakers.net provided ...
A good reason to change your “alpine” SSH password
Just Another iPhone Blog —
... and Ars Technica recently reported that a Dutch hacker was logging right into jailbroken iPhones in the Netherlands because — just like most wi-fi router owners – the users had never bothered to change the SSH password. SSH (Secure Shell) is a way to get files on and off of your iPhone, and the default username and password are “root” and “alpine”, so all the hacker had to do once he found a jailbroken iPhone was to log in, insert this lockscreen wallpaper, and execute one of those maniacal super villain laughs (in Dutch). ...
Malicious iPhone Worm Threatens Jailbroken Devices
Mac|Life —
... This isn't the first time that this hack has been used against unsuspecting iPhone owners, but this new malware is the first to spread from affected devices to other jailbroken iPhones using the default SSH password. ...
