The iPhone dominates the smartphone Web traffic which is exactly why it is bound to be infected by insects and worms alike. We reported one of those earlier called the iKee and another one surfaced. The new worm is much more naughty, and is called iKee.B and feeds on the same vulnerability to grow and spread further. The worm finds vulnerability in devices and spreads there on and can be controlled by hackers at remote places. Once again, users with Jailbroken devices are prone to the attack, others are safe.
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There is a new iPhone worm that is nibbling through the device and is called iKee. There has been no great threat from it as it simply changes the background picture on the device putting up the image of Rick Astley, and the link directs them to his song on YouTube. While it is harmless compared to other attacks we are notifying our users of it just shows how vulnerable we are to these, particularly to the iPhone users. Why has it got people in its grip? Well the worm feeds on the poor security of the device and as many as 100 devices have been infected by the worms creator, Ashley Towns.
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