Jailbreakers in Australia are being infected by a worm that changes their wallpaper to an persona ofRick Astley . And while that sounds kinda funny , it ’s another reminder to check that you ’ve change the nonremittal password on your jailbroken iPhone .
https://gizmodo.com/never-gonna-give-you-up-songwriter-paid-only-16-by-y-5208172
Sophos reports that the worm appear to do nothing worse than spread and change the unlock projection screen wallpaper . It could have distribute to other country , but is most in all probability confined to Australia at this point .
The worm ’s Divine , a 21 class one-time scholarly person from Sydney , toldAustralia ’s national broadcaster : “ The virus itself is not malicious and is not out to ache masses . It ’s just poking fun and hop waking hoi polloi up a little . ”
But with rickrolling going on , and that Dutch cat holdinghacked jailbroken earphone to redeem , it may only be a matter of metre until some dip - shite does something more malicious .
https://gizmodo.com/dutch-hacker-holds-jailbroken-iphones-hostage-for-5-ra-5395645
So if you ’re a Jailbreaker , go into Cydia , set up the MobileTerminal app , and use the passwd command to change the default from “ alpine ” , to something a little more safe . [ Sophos ]
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