First iPhone Virus Hits Jailbroken iPhones Across Australia
The first known actual iPhone worm has been spreading across jailbroken iPhones in Australia late last week. The worm seeks out jailbroken iPhones with SSH installed in which the default password has...
View ArticleiPhone Malware Steals Your Data For Reals, Foregoes Rickrolling
Mac security firm Intego is now reporting its discovery of a piece of malware which affects many jailbroken iPhone. The malware appears to use the same vulnerability as the "ikee" exploit which we...
View Article‘Undercover’ 1.5 Tricks iPhone Thieves With Push Notifications
Undercover for iPhone, Orbicule's app for recovering stolen iPhones and iPod touches, has been updated to now utilize push notifications to trick thieves into telling you where they have your iPhone....
View ArticleIkee Creator Gets Threats, Job Offer
The creator of the rickrolling worm Ikee created quite a stir the other weekend when his self-replicating software was discovered spreading around iPhones across Australia. Since then, he's been...
View ArticleSmartphones Risk Attacks On Unprotected Wi-Fi Networks
You might want to be careful with what you do on your iPhone over an unprotected Wi-Fi hot spot. A recent report from mobile security research firm SMobile Systems says iPhones and other smartphones...
View ArticleiPhone Developer Demonstrates Possible Security Leak in Non-Jailbroken iPhone...
Well, at least the iPhone security people aren't bored these days. A Swiss iPhone developer has published research that indicates that security vulnerabilities affecting the iPhone are not limited to...
View ArticleResearcher Says App Store Open To Malware
According to Swiss software engineer Nicholas Seriot, Apple's app approval process is not enough to weed out certain malicious applications form getting into the App Store and being downloaded by...
View ArticleNew Security Flaw Could Block Email, Safari, Other Apps
A new security flaw has been uncovered in the iPhone's software that could have potentially serious ramifications. The issue lies in the ability to download system configuration files over-the-air...
View ArticleiPhone Cracked at Pwn2Own, Cited as “Highest-Risk” Smartphone for the Workplace
Over in this week's "Pwn2Own" hacking contest in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, virtually every major browser and operating system had vulnerabilities exploited. According to CNET, researcher...
View ArticlePonk App Review – Gotta Ponk em’ All!
Again, my case about never playing a match-3 game ever again has been breached. This time, I am very happy with my decision because the result is one so good. The result? Ponk. Making its way into the...
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