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Rick Roll iPhone Worm Developer Lands a Real Job

Michael Kwan — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 12:20:58 +0000

Earlier this month, the Apple iPhone got hit with its first worm. The infection was benign and only affected Australian jailbroken handsets, but it demonstrated a security flaw by never giving you up and never letting you down. Well, it turns out that it pays to Rick Roll the world.

The creator of the first iPhone worm, as you may recall, is a 21-year-old student from Sydney and he did it just to poke fun and to show what was possible with the popular Apple touchscreen phone. His efforts were so impressive that a development firm has offered him a job.

Ashley Towns will be joining a company called mogeneration and he’ll be working as an iPhone application developer for the firm. There is no specific word as to how much Ashley will be earning, but this is still a great job for a college kid.

You may not be familiar with the mogeneration brand, but the company has already produced a range of iPhone apps like Lingopal, Xumii and Moo Shake! Interestingly, Ashley has not received any punishment for his worm-filled actions thus far and he isn’t expressing any regret for the hassle that he caused.

Source: Sophos

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Jailbroken iPhones Get Rick Rolled with Worm

Michael Kwan — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 19:57:14 +0000

People will tell you that there are all sorts of risks when it comes to jailbreaking your iPhone, but you also gain access to all sorts of things that you wouldn’t be able to get otherwise. Well, what they didn’t tell you is that jailbreaking could lead to someone never giving you up and never letting you down.

As it turns out, the iPhone has been hit with a worm for the first time. The good news is that the worm’s creator, a 21-year-old student from Sydney, is saying that the “virus itself is not malicious and is not out to hurt people. It’s just poking fun.”

Instead, what it does is take over the home screen wallpaper, replacing it with Rick Astley. I did not hear if he takes over your ringtone too with his one hit wonder, so I don’t think he completely Rick Rolls you in that respect.

So, how can you overcome this iPhone worm? How can you prevent its infection? Simple.

After you’ve done your jailbreaking on the iPhone, how about changing that default password? This can be done in Cydia via the MobileTerminal app. Enter the “passwd” command to change it.

Source: Gizmodo

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