Posts tagged Sophos
How do you rid your iPhone of the malicious “Duh” worm?
Nov 24th
[updated]
A new, malicious worm, dubbed the “Duh” worm, has hit jailbroken phones, grabbing personal information, including banking codes. But there are apparently a couple of ways to protect yourself.
U.K.â??based security firm Sophos, which confirmed Duh’s existence says you’re likely to know when you’ve been hacked. Chester Wisniewski, a senior security advisory with Sophos, notes that [...]
Malicious “Duh” worm hits jailbroken iPhones
Nov 24th
Over the past few weeks, there have been reports of a seemingly benign worm infiltrating iPhone users who have â??jailbrokenâ? their devices. But a new worm has now hit jailbroken phones, and this one’s nasty.
Both worms affect phones that use the SSH (security shell) Unix utility application, a feature that lets users connect to their [...]
