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12 Nov

“iPhone/Privacy.A” Worm Allows iPhone Hackers Access Personal Info

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A security firm Intego has spotted a new malware called “iPhone/Privacy.A”, that is capable of allowing hackers access personal information that is stored on a jailbroken iPhone and iPhone Touches. If you are on a non-jailbreak iPhone, you are safe.

Basically this virus also utilizes the same OpenSSH access to the jailbroken iPhone using the default ‘alpine’ password and intrudes into iPhone.

When connecting to a jailbroken iPhone, this tool allows a hacker to silently copy a treasure trove of user data from a compromised iPhone: e-mail, contacts, SMSs, calendars, photos, music files, videos, as well as any data recorded by any iPhone app. Unlike the ikee worm, which signals its presence by changing the iPhone’s wallpaper, this hacker tool gives no indication that it has invaded an iPhone.

Intego also notes that the tool works by getting itself installed onto a computer and then scanning the computer’s network to find jailbroken iPhones.

This hacker tool could easily be installed, for example, on a computer on display in a retail store, which could then scan all iPhones that pass within the reach of its network. Or, a hacker could sit in an Internet café and let his computer scan all iPhones that come within the range of the wifi network in search of data. Hackers could even install this tool on their own iPhones, and use it to scan for jailbroken phones as they go about their daily business.

[via - Intego]

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