A new worm is out hitting jailbroken iPhones, one that crawls its way into your device if you haven't changed your root password. If you haven't changed your root password you can learn all about it here.
According to Macworld, after the worm compromises your phone, it goes on to replace the phone's copy of the SSH remote login software and changes the root password, skims your SMS database, talks to the creators, and then launches a piece of software that searches for other phones that are vulnerable on both local networks and known IP address ranges of specific Internet Service Providers.
Users are finding the most noticeable symptom is the increased battery drain, as a result of the SSH process that the worm starts. Some have seen such a bad reduction in battery life that they are just wiping and restoring their handsets, without noticing that the worm was installed.
If you have a jailbroken iPhone, or are considering it, make sure to changethe root password.
