Is your iPhone destined for a Rick-roll?

[marmar]

from the Daily Mail UK:



World's first iPhone virus changes your wallpaper... to a picture of Rick Astley, hacker claims

By Richard Shears


A 21-year-old Australian claims to be the first hacker in the world to infect the iPhone with a virus.

It spreads between phones with each call but the damage extends to changing the device's wallpaper - to a photo of Eighties pop star Rick Astley famous for his hit Never Gonna Give You Up.

Sydney student Ashley Towns said he wanted to raise the issue of security, adding: 'What I've done has shown that anyone can easily hack into an iPhone.'

He added: 'The virus pretty much exploits people's laziness in not changing their password.'

Rick Astley is a popular choice for mischievous computer users.

Video-sharing website YouTube has spawned the phenomenon of 'Rickrolling', where a person provides a weblink to an innocent-looking topic but this actually takes the user to a video of Rick Astley singing 'Never Gonna Give You Up.'

Mr Towns' virus can only infect iPhones which have been 'jailbroken' by their owners - an action that allows phone owners to install applications on their phones which have not been approved by Apple. .........(more)

The complete piece is at: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1226288/Rick-rolling-worm-hits-iPhone--virus-changes-wallpaper-picture-Rick-Astley.html

[onehandle]

1. No, because the vast majority of iPhones have not been hacked by their owners.

Which is the only way you can subject yourself to this.

Jailbreaking became a lot less common after Apple opened the App Store.

[Deja Q]

4. Jailbreaking has some cute features, but Apple kinda makes a point in keeping their system closed.

it reduces the chances of infiltration. There are disadvantages, but the advantages are quiet clear.

Nothing is impervious, never think otherwise :), and jailbreaking definitely opens the door to any number of problems. (And by jailbreaking, people are going outside protocol. Apple isn't responsible for devices people jailbreak. Though some will try to spin it as such.)

[imdjh]

2. Why Rick Astley?

The whole Rickroll thing is just too strange for me.

[Lisa0825]

3. Why LOLcats? Why goatse? Why badger badger badger? Why anything on the internets?

I don't usually understand how a net meme starts... but the bottom line is understanding is not a requirement. LOL

[DemBones DemBones]

5. i haz cheezburger. thx kai bye

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