Hackers pillage jailbroken iPhones
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Portable attack runs on Windows PCs and Macs, then sniffs out nearby iPhones to plunder
By Gregg Keizer
November 11, 2009 03:00 PM ET
Computerworld - Hackers are plundering personal data from jailbroken iPhones using the tactic demonstrated last week by an Australian programmer's self-described "prank," researchers said today.
The new malware, dubbed "iPhone/Privacy.A" by Austin, Tex.-based security vendor Intego, uses the same approach as last week's "ikee" worm to silently snatch control of some iPhones. The attack code then steals a wide variety of personal information from the hijacked iPhone, including e-mail messages, names from the address book, text messages, music and video files, photos and calendar entries.
Like ikee, which gained momentary fame as the first iPhone worm, iPhone/Privacy.A attacks only those Apple smartphones whose users have hacked, or "jailbroken" the devices to install unauthorized software or make calls on carriers other than the ones Apple assigns.
via Hackers pillage jailbroken iPhones.
Portable attack runs on Windows PCs and Macs, then sniffs out nearby iPhones to plunder
By Gregg Keizer
November 11, 2009 03:00 PM ET
Computerworld - Hackers are plundering personal data from jailbroken iPhones using the tactic demonstrated last week by an Australian programmer's self-described "prank," researchers said today.
The new malware, dubbed "iPhone/Privacy.A" by Austin, Tex.-based security vendor Intego, uses the same approach as last week's "ikee" worm to silently snatch control of some iPhones. The attack code then steals a wide variety of personal information from the hijacked iPhone, including e-mail messages, names from the address book, text messages, music and video files, photos and calendar entries.
Like ikee, which gained momentary fame as the first iPhone worm, iPhone/Privacy.A attacks only those Apple smartphones whose users have hacked, or "jailbroken" the devices to install unauthorized software or make calls on carriers other than the ones Apple assigns.
via Hackers pillage jailbroken iPhones.
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