iPhone Gets an 80s Style Virus?

This is classic!

Apparently if you own an "Jail-Broken" iPhone or iPod Touch (with SSH installed) you could be at risk! The BBC breaks this case wide open! So you can get your iPhone hacked and have a picture of Rick Astley plastered up as the background.

The picture of Rick Astley is believed to be a nod to the internet phenomenon known as Rickrolling, where web users are tricked into clicking on what they believe is a relevant link, only to find that it actually takes the user to a video of the pop star's song "Never gonna give you up".

"What's clear is that if you have jail-broken your iPhone or iPod Touch, and installed SSH, then you must always change your root user password to something different than the default, 'alpine'," wrote Graham Cluley of security firm Sophos.

Some estimates suggest that up to 10% of all iPhones and iPod Touch are jail-broken.

The practice allows a phone user to install software and applications that have not been approved by Apple.

The worm has so far only been found circulating in Australia, where the hacker - Ashley Towns - who wrote the program lives.

The code contains numerous comments from Mr Towns about his motivation.

One comment reads: "People are stupid and this is to prove it."

"It's not that hard guys. But hey who cares its only your bank details at stake."

This reminds me of the early 90s when viruses were mostly harmless. Most viruses were just annoying, some were even funny.

p.s. If you Google "Rickrolling" DON NOT GO TO "rickrolling.com"! Just a warning...

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