The novel viral iPhone attack is a mere ''rickroll.'' And that face belongs to 1980s pop star Rick Astley. Over the weekend, researchers at cybersecurity firms Sophos and F-Secure detected the world's first active iPhone worm,... [read full story]
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75 per cent endorse 'Rick-roller'. Three quarters of voters in a poll about the iPhone worm believe that creator Ashley Towns had 'done users a favour'. A poll by Sophos found that, of 721 respondents, 75 per cent agreed that...
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A mischievous iPhone worm that targets Australian jailbroken phones is changing the phone's wallpaper to an image of Rick Astley. Mon, November 09, 2009 — PC World — A mischievous iPhone worm that targets Australian jailbroken...
Much breathless prose has been written about the Ikee malware circulating amongst iPhone owners. Described as the first iPhone worm, Ikee does something fairly funny: it replaces the users lock screen with a picture of Rick...
For any woman who came of age in the 1980s ? or at least had a subscription to Teen Beat ? the image and voice of Rick Astley was a permanent fixture. For iPhone users today, it sparks a much different reaction.
SYDNEY, November 10, 2009 (AFP) - An Australian student sparked fears of a new era of computer viruses on Tuesday after creating a worm which infects Apple's iconic iPhone with pictures of 1980s pop star Rick Astley. Ashley...
Modified iPhones lack security defenses, says Charlie Miller Jailbroken iPhones are much easier to hijack, a noted security researcher said today, and the proof is in the worm that has infected some Australian phones. The worm,...
80's pop legend, Rick Astley made a stunning return to the spotlight recently when an Australian hacker became the first person to write a worm for the iPhone. The worm, however, only affects jailbroken iPhones.
Modified iPhones lack security defenses, says 'Pwn2own' winner Charlie Miller By Gregg Keizer , Computerworld , 11/09/2009 Jailbroken iPhones are much easier to hijack, a noted security researcher said today, and the proof is...
The first worm known to infect iPhones changes the devices' lock mode wallpaper. Users who have jailbroken their iPhones to allow third-party applications to run, but have not changed their default Secure Shell (SSH) login...
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