A while back I wrote about the iPhone having many security flaws. Well it seems that someone has seen fit to exploit one of them (on jailbroken iphones).
Called Ikee the worm itself isn’t malicious, although it could well have done a lot of damage. It exploits a vulnerability on devices where the secure shell (SSH) password has not been changed. Once on the system it changes the wallpaper to a picture of Rick Astley – also known as Rick Rolling then looks for other hosts on the internet to infect.
So think twice before you consider the iPhone for serious use. It’s good for music, entertainment and the occasional phone call but it’s not for the enterprise world.
