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10-01-2008, 08:17 AM
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iPhone trojan found - targets jailbroken iPhones
http://www.ipodhacks.com/article.php?sid=2482
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Targeting only "jailbroken" iPhones (which have been modified to allow the installation of third-party applications), this trojan masquerades as an update Erica's Utilities and is named "113 prep." Simply running the application causes no harm - it simply prints the word "shoes" to the screen. Uninstalling the application, however, removes certain files from the iPhone's /bin directory, making it impossible for various applications to function correctly.
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Considering practically everyone reading this forum with an iPhone has 'hacked' it to work, this is an important heads up.
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10-01-2008, 08:25 AM
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ha ha ha.
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10-01-2008, 08:29 AM
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We all knew this would happen sooner or later. I'm going down the safe road and getting my iPhone with an official network, when it comes out in Australia. But even then, I guess people could install spyware and viruses on your phone, right?
What really made me laugh was this:
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It's particularly interesting to note that the author of the trojan is an 11-year-old child who merely toyed with various XML files to create the malicious app. Obviously more savvy developers could exploit jailbroken iPhones to a much greater degree.
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10-01-2008, 08:36 AM
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Originally Posted by uncyherb
[Uninstalling the application, however, removes certain files from the iPhone's /bin directory, making it impossible for various applications to function correctly.
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(Of course) this trojan only works if it is removed by using the Installer.app, when the uninstall action is triggered. The trojan can be trivially removed, safely, using any ssh connection to the device.
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10-01-2008, 08:38 AM
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its pretty easy - if you're not stupid and read before installing things you'll be fine.
theres sticky's on most iphone hacking sites since the file came out around the 5th. nothing a restore can't fix of course...
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10-01-2008, 08:39 AM
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Group: Forum Leaders
Location: Melbourne
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Originally Posted by domzo
But even then, I guess people could install spyware and viruses on your phone, right?
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Well, no. It's a trojan - it relies on the user to install it. If you're downloading software from unreliable sources (i.e, not from Erica Sadun even though it purports to be her work) then it's your own damn fault. Not to mention that deleting some system files seems like it'd be easily fixed by a restore. |
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10-01-2008, 09:03 AM
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Plenty of tutorials on the web about how to get rid of it too.. doesn't look that difficult...
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10-01-2008, 09:19 AM
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Another OS X "virus" non-event.
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10-01-2008, 11:51 AM
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Originally Posted by chrism238
(Of course) this trojan only works if it is removed by using the Installer.app, when the uninstall action is triggered. The trojan can be trivially removed, safely, using any ssh connection to the device.
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Of course everyone with an iphone knows how to remove safely using any ssh connection to the device... 
Last edited by fiark; 01-02-2008 at 09:20 PM.
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10-01-2008, 11:52 AM
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Even if it runs rampant on your iPhone... all you've got to do is uninstall it, then re-install the apps it deletes.
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10-01-2008, 11:58 AM
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Everybody run and hide the virus's are coming 
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10-01-2008, 01:41 PM
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Was going to happen sooner or later, i spose thats theres a downside to everything, including jailbreaking... next there will be a 3rd party Anti Virus
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10-01-2008, 02:10 PM
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Originally Posted by Scratch
Was going to happen sooner or later, i spose thats theres a downside to everything, including jailbreaking... next there will be a 3rd party Anti Virus
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Calm down, it's not actually anything worth worrying about. Anyone can write an app that deletes files and mislabel it as an app that does something else, which is just about what's happened here, except an app with a use has been modified.
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