Filed under: Security. , iPhone. , Jailbreak/pwnage. The internet has been ablaze with reports of jailbroken iPhones being. infested with worms. The exploit takes advantage of unwitting jailbreakers who install OpenSSH. on their iPhones via Cydia. without taking into account all of the impacts on security. The most notable, and now famous, hole in this theory is that every iPhone ships with the same default password for both the all-powerful "root" user as well as the more-restricted "mobile" user. Not surprisingly, Apple has officially commented. on the situation noting that "the worm affects only a very specific set of iPhone users who have jail broken[sic] their iPhones and hacked it with unauthorized software." It is pretty clear from Apple's statement their feelings on the jailbreak community and its effects on the iPhone and iPod touch. Luckily, if you need to have OpenSSH installed on your iPhone (who doesn't want a remotely-accessible, full UNIX terminal in their pocket?),
Protect yourself from SSH-based iPhone worms
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