iPhone jailbreakers beware: a malicious worm for the iPhone is making its rounds.
iPhone owners with jailbroken devices running a Secure Shell network (SSH) are the only users affected due to the owner not changing the default SSH password, making their device vulnerable to hackers.
Once infected, the user will be tricked into thinking they're being Rickrolled with a wallpaper that features Rick Astley and the words "ikee never gonna give you up."
This isn't the first time that this hack has been used against unsuspecting iPhone owners, but this new malware is the first to spread from affected devices to other jailbroken iPhones using the default SSH password.
Ars Technica is reporting that there are at least four variants of this worm that are making their rounds.
The worm debuted in Australia on the Optus mobile network and has currently spread to Optus iPhones in other countries.
Protecting yourself from this virus is as simple as getting rid of the default password on your Jailbroken iPhone's SSH feature. You can get the instructions for doing this on the F-Secure website.
Sophos anti-virus firm has more details on this worm on their website.
Once again, this shows the potential security risk that could arise from jailbreaking your iPhone/iPod touch.
