iphone trojan

[docwaldy]

a trojan for jailbreak iphone- http://macdailynews.com/index.php/we...omments/15995/

F-Secure reports a trojan has been created for jailbroken (unlocked) iPhones. A trojan is simply an application that tricks users into installing it by promising something other than what it actually does when executed.

"The trojan installation package contains false application installation information that causes legitimate third party applications to be removed if the trojan is uninstalled from the iPhone," F-Secure reports. "Web sites hosting the malicious package were taken offline soon after the discovery of the low-risk threat."

F-Secure opines, "Hopefully this serves as a warning for those who have opened their iPhones using a security hole in the system and then installing unverified software without a second thought to what they are doing."

F-Secure warns, "This time it was an 11-year-old kid playing with XML files who created the trojan. Next time it might be someone else with more skills and with specific target."

[j301988]

It's funny how F-Secure has said that it is an 11 year old kid who did this. Ridiculous indeed. I doubt this is true. Gossip and rumors spread as fast as bullet trains folks...

[mac_newbie]

... of course, you cannot sell the cure if you don't create threats, may it be for real or hoax.