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• Eavesdropping Is What Guests Do Best…

  
  Guest of a Guest - NYC People, Places, Parties & Nightlife — Authority: 683
  If you’re wondering why your iPhone background is suddenly a picture of Rick Astley , you’ve been hacked. [ SMH ] Do you live in one of America’s Most Obscene Cities ? (Surprisingly New York didn’t make the cut.) [ TBI ] Ok Mad Men fans: Matt Weiner answers (some) of our questions following last ...
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• Jailbroken iPhones Getting Rickrolled by Ikee Worm

  
  The Internet Patrol — Authority: 122
  Just this past week we told you about a vulnerability that all jailbreaked iPhones are at risk for, due to there being a default root password for SSH that most people who jailbreak their iPhones dont (know to) change. Now, taking advantage of that same default root password issue, countless jailbroke iPhone owners ...
  12 hours ago

• Ikee Worm Hits iPhones in Australia, Displays Rick Astley Image

  
  ShoppingBlog.com — Authority: 657
  Sophos.com reports that a worm named ikee is spreading on iPhones in Australia. Sophos says the virus is spreading on iPhones that have been jailbroken but only if their owners "did not change the default password after installing SSH.: On infected iPhones the worm changes the iPhones wallpaper to an image of ...
  15 hours ago

• Rick Astley Image Eats up Jailbroken iPhones in Australia

  
  Consumer Escort — Authority: 127
  A number of owners of Jailbroken Apple iPhones in Australia have reportedly complained of a worm that’s been invading their units, thereby affecting the dedicated servers embedded in the system. According to reports, an image of eighties pop icon Rick Astley has been seen replacing the wallpapers in the phone. ...
  17 hours ago

• BioVex Nails Down Another $30M To Finish Pivotal Study of Cancer-Killing Virus

  
  Xconomy — Authority: 712
  Biotech , cancer , VC Luke Timmerman wrote: BioVex , the Woburn, MA-based company aspiring to create the first FDA-approved cancer-killing virus, has raised an additional $30 million in private financing to finish off a pivotal clinical trial needed to prove the virus is good enough to reach the U.S. ...
  19 hours ago

• Watch out for the Rickrolling iPhone worm!

  
  Shufflegazine - Apple Lifestyle Magazine — Authority: 630
  Hear, hear, iPhone users! I’ve heard in the radio today that an Australian student just created a worm which infects Apple’s iconic iPhone with pictures of 1980’s pop star Rick Astley. According to security firm Sophos, this is the first worm detected that targets the iPhone. Ashley Towns, 21, who lives with ...
  23 hours ago

• Jailbroken iPhones in Australia get hit with first iPhone worm

  
  PhoneArea.net — Authority: 499
  Jailbroken iPhones beware, if you have SSH installed, you’re going to want to change your default root password quick. Like lickity-split quick. Following the jailbroken iPhone hack that held Dutch…
  1 day ago

• Stoney G

  
  Bona Fide Darling — Authority: 125
  I really shouldnt say anything since this song is on my iPod...
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• World First iPhone Worm Rick-Rolls Wallpaper

  
  Tech, Web, How to, Internet, Computer, Free Software, Tips, Make Money Online with AhTim — Authority: 119
  Warning to iPhone / iPod touch owners. Your MAC mobile doesn’t 100% free from worm or virus anymore! The First iPhone Worm Discovered Australian iPhone users reported their iPhone infected by a worm that has changed their wallpaper to an image of 1980s pop star Rick Astley. It seems harmless with just wallpaper ...
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• First iPhone Virus Hits Jailbroken Phones

  
  PakPoint — Authority: 145
  The first known actual iPhone worm has been spreading across jailbroken iPhone and this virus is spreading from Australia. However it is believed that all the jail broken iPhone sets are under serious threat. This ... {PakPoint.com Copyrights Notice : If you are looking this text on any website other than your RSS ...
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• LOC 11/9/2009: Junkfood Or Jihad?

  
  Left Of Center Podcasts — Authority: 136
  It’s Monday. Say, did anything important happen over the weekend? We cover health care, and the big mistake the GOP made this weekend that isn’t getting much play. and unnamed Muslim calls in to complain that he can’t blow us all up, and Nine goes off on Nancy Graceless vis a vis the Anthony Sowell case in ...
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• Jailbroken iPhone Worm is all About the Rick Roll

  
  Technology Info — Authority: 158
  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 ...
  1 day ago

• Careless with your Jailbreak? You’ll get Rickrolled

  
  Hack a Day — Authority: 694
  Here’s further proof that you should understand what it is you’re doing when you go to hack your handheld. Jailbreaking an iPhone has been made quite easy to the point that a lot of folks do it without reading any of the accompanying documentation. Those who didn’t heed the warning to change the default SSH ...
  1 day ago

• iPhone Users: Your Slice of Virus is Here

  
  Quazen — Authority: 527
  Yes, iPhone users, until now, if you thought you were immune to all kinds of virus with your uber-cool yet uber-safe iPhone, I wouldn’t be so sure now. Started in Australia by a young 21 year old website designer, Ashley Towns, the Ikee virus is fast spreading among iPhones although for the moment it is only ...
  1 day ago

• The Astley iPhone Virus: Whatever Must It Be Like To Be Rick Astley?

  
  The Awl — Authority: 641
  Life with technology in the 21st century is weird for everybody. But it must be double-plus ridicu-crazy for Rick Astley, who is now ten times more famous than he ever was at the peek of his performing career, some 22 years ago. The fact that the first “worm” virus to affect iPhones displays a photo of Astley ...
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• Jailbroken iPhones hit by Rick Astley worm

  
  Net News Daily — Authority: 572
  The Apple iPhone has been attacked by its first worm. The worm changes the user’s wallpaper to a picture of Rick Astley, an 80s singer. However, the worm only affects those who have ‘jail-broken’ their iPhone to allow non-authorised third party software to be installed on their device. By doing this the user ...
  1 day ago

• rick astley versus nirvana

  
  a blog about whatever — Authority: 118
  the bbc reports that some hackers have figured out a way to take over some iPhones and have created a risk astley worm which takes over your phone and creates a rick astley wallpaper on your phone. you’ve been rick roll’d: Posted in music
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• The first iPhone worm

  
  Reformed Chicks Blabbing — Authority: 547
  It only infects jail-broken iPhones: Australias ABC News online reports that the program -- known as ikee -- changes the phones wallpaper to a picture of 80s singer Rick Astley with the message, keying off Astleys song, that says "Ikee...
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• 21-Year-old admits he created first iPhone virus

  
  WagerWeb Entertainment — Authority: 569
  A 21-year-old Australian man has admitted creating what is thought to be the first virus to infect Apple iPhones. The virus, which can spread from phone to phone, changes the iPhone’s wallpaper to a photograph of 1980s singer Rick Astley – best known for his hit Never Gonna Give You Up. The wallpaper features ...
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• first iPhone worm hits jailbroken units

  
  WAWAM! after hours — Authority: 125
  the worm is playful, not harmful but a sure hit for its developer, ikex. all it does is put up rick astley’s photo as a wallpaper on the iphone. but that is a consolation for now as this can mean the start of more things to come. i think the age old question is it wise to have you iphone jailbroken has been ...
  1 day ago

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