Jailbraking Makes iPhones Vulnerable to Hackers
Rumorville earlier this week had iPhones that were reportedly getting hacked into with a picture of Rick Astley up on the screen.
Apparently the hacker was not to shy about it and has done several interviews about how and why he did the hacking. The hack started out as an experiment to see how far it would go and reportedly started out with three phones and spread like wildfire overnight.
This presents an interesting dilemma for many iPhone users as there are supposedly millions of jailbroken iPhones out on the market right now. For those of you that are not familiar with jailbraking, it is the process by which users are able to run unofficial code through their phones that will enable them to use unapproved applications. By doing this, they are also able to get applications via other outlets instead of going through the official iPhone App Store.
Anytime you have something like this, it will start to spread chills up and down spines as these renegade iPhone users now realize that by putting this “illegal” code into their phones, they are now susceptible to a virus. While this one seemed liked more of a joke than anything else, there is no telling what the next person will do.
While this is not great news for iPhone users who have a jailbroken phone, it may prove to be great news for Apple. The point has been proven that you cannot use code that does not officially come from Apple without risking the integrity of your information. They may look upset on the outside, but there very well may be smirk deep down within. This can only increase sales at the App Store as the millions of users who were considering doing something like this have probably just been scared straight.
Details of the new iPhone 4.
First iPad jailbreak has officially been released.
Could we see a Verizon iPhone 4G this summer?
The latest iPhone 4.0 beta 2 firmware is available for developers to download.
That iPhone you see on Gizmodo is a fake.
iPhone 4.0 release date is in June 2010.
The iPhone 4.0 beta 1 firmware can be "jailbroken".
Could this be the Verizon iPhone 4G?
People who decide to jailbreak ‘accept’ the risks they voluntarily take (hence the word jailbreak).
Also, if you decide to jailbreak (ever wondered why so many, btw?) you should ‘know’ what you’re doing and obviously change the root password into your own.
Here’s a fix for that:
# install MobileTerminal (cydia) on your iPhone.
# start this sequence:
* su root
* alpine
* passwd
* When asked 4 old password: alpine
* enter new password
* confirm new password
also change the ‘mobile user’ password;
* su mobile
* alpine
* passwd
* enter new password
* confirm new password
# attention: when upgrading to a new firmware and/or installing an SSH-alike app, check the passwords with mobileterminal.
Ok, now your safe from that Astley guy
Remember… it’s YOUR iphone after you bought it… you should be able to do with it whatever you like. If somebody ‘hacks’ into it… he or she is committing the crime… not you. Just make sure your don’t leave your car with the doors unlocked. That’s all.
This morning I saw this familiar photo on my iPhone 3GS and I’d restored it again.
If your iPhone got affected, is there any way to remove it? I mean the easiest way…
exatly, its my iphone not appels anymore and yes i love cydia and rock and blackra1n, but as told remember to change the password and maybe get the uicd faker from sinfulliphone repo..