[Swordmaker]

Note, this works only on jailbroken iphones only...

[Swordmaker]

Jailbroken iPhones malware... malicious worm... PING!

iPhone Malware Ping!

If you want on or off the Mac Ping List, Freepmail me.

[NCC-1701]

A little off-topic, has the battery heating problem been solved? I heard that the 3GS iPhone had a heating problem. Was that a true problem? I am delaying upgrading to the 3GS untill the fix has been made.

[Star Traveler]

Note, this works only on jailbroken iphones only...

Amazing!

It's like someone takes the locks off the doors of their house, opens the windows and then wonders why they had things stolen out of their house... LOL...

[RightOnTheLeftCoast]

" Note, this works only on jailbroken iphones only..."

More specifically, Jailbroken + SSH enabled + clueless owner didn't change the user ("mobile") and root passwords from the factory defaults.

Just as youth is wasted on the young, jailbreaking is wasted on the clueless. The iPhone is a pretty powerful little Unix workstation with Pentium-class processing power and several network connectivity capabilities, and jailbreaking enables all sorts of wonderful things. But there are unintended consequences to most things in life, and walking around with it exposed to anyone who knows its password is pretty dumb.

Fortunately, at least in the U.S., ssh seems to be not possible over the Edge or 3G network connection.

It's very easy to change the jailbroken device's Unix user and root passwords. If anyone reading this hasn't done so, Freepmail me for instructions. It's a 30-second process. Or, don't jailbreak-- Apple has paid a lot of attention to security.