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Interview with ikee - iPhone Virus Creator - Virus removal details enclosed
I'm posting below the full unedited  log of a chat that took place between ikee and myself this morning, Please ignore any spelling or grammatical errors - This chat took place over IRC (Internet Relay Chat) where it is commonplace to use non-English words (that's my ...
Australian admits creating first iPhone virus
Australian admits creating first iPhone virus
abc.net.au — An Apple iPhone sits on a table The virus can only infect phones that have been jailbroken by their owners. (ABC News: Giulio Saggin, file photo) (more) Australian admits creating first iPhone virus
Anti-Virus For Mac
Anti-Virus For Mac
db.tidbits.com — Internet security company, Kaspersky, has unveiled its first product targeted at Apple users, Anti-Virus For Mac . The software is mainly aimed at preventing Mac users from acquiring and harboring PC viruses and then passing them onto friends or contacts whose machines could be affected. ... (more) Anti-Virus For Mac
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Worm rickrolls unsecured jailbroken iPhones via SSH
The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) — ... This hack originated in Australia, the home country of ikee, and has possibly spread to other iPhones in other countries, but we've been unable to verify that. A gentleman by the name of JD held an interview with the hacker over IRC and posted it to his blog. In ikee's own words, here's how the worm has spread: ...

Jailbreakers Who Don’t Change SSH Password — There’s a Rickroll for That
The iPhone Blog — ... And the new background is, of course, Rick Astley. While removal details are included in an interview with the hacker, it’s better to be safe than sorry. So, check our ...

Aussie Worm Rickrolls Jailbroken iPhones
Apple Forums & iPhone Forums, Mods, Hacks, News, Themes, Downloads, and more! | ModMyi.com - 4,711,751,911 — ... A blogger posted the transcript of an IRC chat with ikee, in which he explained that he wrote the worm because he "was curious to how far something like this would actually spread." He says that it "was all in good fun (well ok for me anyway)." The blogger also posted the ...

Worm Rickrolls Unsecured Jailbroken iPhones Via SSH
The Iphone Spot — ... This hack originated in Australia, the home country of ikee, and has possibly spread to other iPhones in other countries, but we’ve been unable to verify that. A gentleman by the name of JD held an interview with the hacker over IRC and posted it to his blog. In ikee’s own words, here’s how the worm has spread: ...

Rickroll iPhone worm spreads: ikee is never gonna give you up
Computerworld Blogs - Macintosh & Apple — ... code itself is set to firstly scan the 3G IP range the phone is on, then Optus/Vodafone/Telstra's IP Ranges ... then a random 20 IP ranges. ... I admit I probably pissed of a few people, but it was all in good fun. ... I highly doubt I'm in any real [legal] trouble. ... I guess i'm hoping that the jailbreak software will soon have a "enter new root password" prompt for those users that are un-aware ... or even a random password generated and displayed for the user to write down. more Graham Cluley gotta make you understand: Accessing someone else's computing device and ...

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