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• Jailbroken iPhone Worm is all About the Rick Roll

  
  Technology Info — Authority: 159
  The first iPhone worm seems to only target jailbroken units and it’s pretty harmless, only changing the background of the handset to a photo of Rick Astley. This “Rick Roll” is reported in Australia for now and it seems to affect the users who haven’t changed their passwords after installing SSH.This worm also ...
  3 hours ago

• First iPhone Worm Affects Jailbroken iPhones

  
  iPhoneFreakz _ All The Latest And Greatest iPhone News — Authority: 141
  Antivirus firm Sophos details the first known iPhone worm in the wild, which surfaced in Australia late last week. The worm affects users who have jailbroken their iPhones and installed SSH without then changing the default password and is currently a harmless exploit that simply changes the user’s iPhone background ...
  4 hours ago

• Illustration Friday: "Blur"

  
  DIANE SMITH: Illo Talk — Authority: 99
  "...what happened next was just a blur." This was another doodle from the sketchbook that I was playing with at the soccer field last weekend. Although I wasnt going for a repeat of an earlier picture, once I had the worm image developing, it only seemed logical to put in a bird. So, Im re-posting the other - more ...
  4 hours ago

• Jailbreakers: First iPhone Worm Discovered, Features Rick Astley

  
  The Apple News — Authority: 455
  The first iPhone worm has been discovered. It comes to us via Australia, and appears to be limited to that country for now, although it has the potential to spread. It also stars Rick Astley, so to speak. The work changes the iPhone’s wallpaper to an image of the 1980’s pop singer, who’s enjoyed a [...]
  5 hours ago

• First Ever iPhone Worm Rick Rolls Australia

  
  ShareConnector — Authority: 455
  The Rick Astley plan to take over the world has entered phase two. iPhone users in Australia were invaded in the last few days by a photo of the 1980s crooner and the words “ikee is never going to give you up,” a reference to Astley’s greatest hit, “Never Gonna Give You Up.” The image, installed by what’s ...
  5 hours ago

• First iPhone worm rickrolls jailbroken phones

  
  FreshGIZMOS in touch with tomorrow — Authority: 134
  The “IKEE” worm is the first ever iPhone worm presently infecting the jailbroken iPhones in Australia. The hacker ikex has undoubtedly given every jailbroken iPhone user a nightmare. SSH which ma...
  7 hours ago

• Worm infects iPhones

  
  IPHONETOUCH.BLORGE — Authority: 470
  Those of you who have been waiting with bated breath for malware to make its way to the iPhone may resume breathing; a worm named ikee has made its appearance on the Apple handset. Reports from Australia indicate that the new worm has popped up [...]
  9 hours ago

• New Worm Rickrolls Jailbroken iPhones

  
  GottaBeMobile.com — Authority: 571
  "Never Gonna Give You Up" Last week, word worked its way around the Internets about a Dutch hacker trying to squeeze 5 Euros out of folks with jailbroken iPhones . Today, jailbreakers from Down Under are getting Rickrolled by the very first iPhone worm . Turns out, if you jailbroke your iPhone and installed SSH, ...
  9 hours ago

• Cyber Jargon YOU Need To Know

  
  The New New Internet — Authority: 431
  As the use of the internet and technology grows, so do its terms and definitions. Here is a rundown of today’s most frequently used cyber terms. We left something out? Please feel free to leave a comment below to further enhance our ‘cyber jargon’ glossary. Authentication: Confirms that a computer program ...
  10 hours ago

• Keeping Things in Perspective — the iPhone ‘Worm’

  
  Peter Upfold — Authority: 99
  The first worm to infect the Apple iPhone has been discovered spreading “in the wild” in Australia. The self-propagating program changes the phone’s wallpaper to a picture of 80s singer Rick Astley with the message “ikee is never going to give you up”. The worm, known as ikee, only affects “jail-broken” ...
  10 hours ago

• Rickroll iPhone worm for jailbroken iPhones…. got it?

  
  Desinformado.com — Authority: 440
  Sophos, the anti-virus company is reporting about a possible infection for jailbroken iPhone of the Rickroll worm that changes the iphone wallpaper with the picture of Rick Astley, it appears to be a proof of concept, but Sophos is recommending to all iphone users with jailbroken ipod touch and iphones that change ...
  10 hours ago

• Jailbroken iPhone Users, Beware of the iPhone Worm

  
  Fone Arena - The Mobile Blog — Authority: 563
  Have you got a Jailbroken iPhone? Then beware, a worm has been reportedly spotted in Australia which specifically targets jailbroken iPhone users who still use the default password “alpine” after installing SSH. Supposedly the worm’s behavior is very strange: First it changes the background of your phone to ...
  10 hours ago

• 1st Self-Perpetuating iPhone Worm – a Jailbreak coming of Astley story

  
  TouchMyApps — Authority: 484
  Thanks to the in security of a majority of the Jailbreaked community, Rick Astley is Rick Rolling Australian iPhones. The worm, dubbed Ikee does more than photocopy a goeey mug of the smooth and sexy singer; it safaris itself around local networks, looking for other infectable iPhones to plaster. Fortunately, the ...
  10 hours ago

• Rick Astley Worm Appears for Jailbroken iPhones

  
  O'Grady's PowerPage - Your Mobile Technology Destination — Authority: 476
  When your iPhone’s been rickrolled, that’s saying something. Per CNET , reports started spreading this weekend that iPhone users in Australia had been falling victim to “ikee,” a worm that replaces default wallpaper with a picture of Rick Astley, the British pop singer whose song “Never Gonna Give You ...
  10 hours ago

• Bossy’s Ear Worm

  
  iambossy.com — Authority: 136
  Welcome to Bossy’s Ear Worm , which features songs currently in Bossy’s headphones. Something old , something new , something borrowed , something blue . Miley Cyrus , Party in the U.S.A. . Bossy’s daughter first brought this song to Bossy’s attention this past summer when Bossy’s daughter ...
  12 hours ago

• iPhone/iPod Touch Owners Rickrolled By ikee Worm

  
  great big geek — Authority: 123
  A self-propagating program believed to be the first iPhone worm, that changes an iPhones (or iPod Touchs) wallpaper to a picture of Rick Astley with the message "ikee is never going to give you up", has been unleashed in Australia. Known as "ikee" the worm only affects devices that have been jail-broken, have had SSH ...
  12 hours ago

• First iPhone Worm Discovered: Rickrolls Jailbroken iPhones [IPhone]

  
  Gizmodo — Authority: 897
  Jailbreakers in Australia are being infected by a worm that changes their wallpaper to an image of Rick Astley . And while that sounds kinda funny, its another reminder to make sure youve changed the default password on your jailbroken iPhone. Sophos reports that the worm appears to do nothing worse than spread and ...
  13 hours ago

• First iPhone Worm Discovered: Rickrolls Jailbroken iPhones [IPhone]

  
  F-Default — Authority: 561
    Jailbreakers in Australia are being infected by a worm that changes their wallpaper to an image of Rick Astley . And while that sounds kinda funny, it’s another reminder to make sure you’ve changed the default password on your jailbroken iPhone. Sophos reports that the worm appears to do nothing worse than ...
  13 hours ago

• Rickroll iPhone worm spreads: ikee is never gonna give you up

  
  Computerworld Blogs — Authority: 515
  An Australian, Rickrolling iPhone worm is now spreading internationally. The Antipodean prankster goes by the names Ash, ikee, ikex, ike_x, or @ikeeex. In IT Blogwatch , bloggers admire their new Rick Astley wallpaper, complete with "ikee is never gonna give you up" macro. Not to mention etsy.com fail... (AAPL) ...
  13 hours ago

• Worm attack at Apple iPhone has been discovered Spreading in the wild

  
  UwidoNews - Submitted news — Authority: 510
  The self-propagating program changes the phones wallpaper to a picture of 80s singer Rick Astley with the message ikee is never going to give you up".
  13 hours ago

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