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iPhone Worm X2 – Ikee’s not the only one!

Posted by psp2468 November - 23 - 2009 - Monday

In the end it was to be expected after news of the Ikee worm spreading through iPhone’s that a more malicious worm was coming soon to the iPhone.

This worm is targetting Dutch users who user their devices to do eBanking with the Dutch online bank ING. What it does is redirects the ING login page to a phishing site which then steals your data and eventually, your money.

Again this only affects jailbroken devices who use SSH and haven’t changed their default password from ‘Alpine’.

The solution to this problem is actually very simple. To ensure you are not affected by this worm, Ikee’s worm or any other worms that use this exploit, change the default password of your device. HERE IS A GUIDE.

F-Secure have posted all the information they have on the virus and will keep it updated on this page.

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2 Responses to “iPhone Worm X2 – Ikee’s not the only one!”

  1. [...] from ‘alpine’. The other instances of worms on the iPhone were called Ikee and the iPhone/Privacy.A. The Ikee worm was a harmless one which changed the background of your lockscreen to a photo of Rick [...]

  2. [...] for the iPhone which has lead to other worms being created which are more malicious such as the Dutch one which steals the bank details of users who use the ING Dutch [...]

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