On Nov 10, 2009, at 3:40 AM, Allen wrote:
> Goes to prove if you want software choice, don't go to apple
Seems that "choice" is the culprit here (along with a healthy dose of
stupidity):
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The worm, known as ikee, only affects "jail-broken" phones, where a
user has removed Apple's protection mechanisms to allow the phone to
run any software.
[snip]
It only exploits jail-broken phones that have SSH installed, a program
that enables other devices to connect to the phone and modify the
system and files.
The worm is able to infect phones if their owners have not changed the
default password after installing SSH.
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-- Ed Leafe
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