Hong Kong Tech Phooey

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First iPhone Malware “Trojan” Sighted

Well, we all know sooner or later this would happen and it is happening now.  The first iPhone malware (Trojan) is finally discovered and it’s a masterpiece from a 11 year old kid, LOL.

“The iPhone Trojan sneaks in through jailbroken iPhones’ Installer.app and starts deleting files from your iPhone’s /var/root/bin directory upon uninstallation.

Beware any Installer.app posing as “113 prep,” an update to “Erica’s Utilities.” Apparently, all the app does is display the prompt “shoes” and nothing else. And, as we just mentioned, it deletes system files when you try to uninstall the little bugger.”

Extracted from IntoMobile, full article here.

January 10, 2008 - Posted by hongkongphooey | Beyond Geekiness, Gadgets n Gizmos, Software, iPhone | , | No Comments Yet

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