http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/08/first-iphone-trojan-horse-is-weak-greeks-point-laugh/ Engadget Comments for First iPhone Trojan horse is weak, Greeks point, laugh http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2009 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/08/first-iphone-trojan-horse-is-weak-greeks-point-laugh/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/08/first-iphone-trojan-horse-is-weak-greeks-point-laugh/Jan 8th 2008 8:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/08/first-iphone-trojan-horse-is-weak-greeks-point-laugh/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/08/first-iphone-trojan-horse-is-weak-greeks-point-laugh/Jan 8th 2008 9:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/08/first-iphone-trojan-horse-is-weak-greeks-point-laugh/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/08/first-iphone-trojan-horse-is-weak-greeks-point-laugh/Jan 8th 2008 9:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/08/first-iphone-trojan-horse-is-weak-greeks-point-laugh/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/08/first-iphone-trojan-horse-is-weak-greeks-point-laugh/Jan 8th 2008 10:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/08/first-iphone-trojan-horse-is-weak-greeks-point-laugh/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/08/first-iphone-trojan-horse-is-weak-greeks-point-laugh/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SMF2Eb0Wa_I

Shoes?]]>Jan 9th 2008 12:15AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/08/first-iphone-trojan-horse-is-weak-greeks-point-laugh/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/08/first-iphone-trojan-horse-is-weak-greeks-point-laugh/Jan 9th 2008 1:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/08/first-iphone-trojan-horse-is-weak-greeks-point-laugh/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/08/first-iphone-trojan-horse-is-weak-greeks-point-laugh/
CHOPLIFTER!!!]]>Jan 9th 2008 2:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/08/first-iphone-trojan-horse-is-weak-greeks-point-laugh/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/08/first-iphone-trojan-horse-is-weak-greeks-point-laugh/Jan 9th 2008 7:25AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/08/first-iphone-trojan-horse-is-weak-greeks-point-laugh/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/08/first-iphone-trojan-horse-is-weak-greeks-point-laugh/http://leukeh.deviantart.com/art/Wallpaper-2-OS-X-vs-Vista-49816042?q=Mac+OS+X+boost%3Apopular+age_sigma%3A24h+age_scale%3A5+in%3Acustomization%2Fwallpaper%2Fapple

Trojan horses are for vista ONLY! ok fine, other windows os' included...]]>Jan 13th 2008 10:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/08/first-iphone-trojan-horse-is-weak-greeks-point-laugh/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/08/first-iphone-trojan-horse-is-weak-greeks-point-laugh/
I only wish you would show this type of smarmy contempt to all the other malware writes who write this type of crap for Windows.


Malware for Windows:

Micro$oft suckz!

Malware for anything from Apple:

Just some incompetent 11-year old kid. Not a biggie. (sweep under rug)
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The day that happens, I will start looking into 3rd party security/AV/anti-spyware software. While I install it, I will look back fondly on the 5 years (and counting) that I hadn't had to suffer with the ills of the Windows world.

Also, that day all of the Microsoft apologists will somehow feel justified in having put up with all of that garbage on their platform of choice for lo those many years.]]>Jan 8th 2008 10:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/08/first-iphone-trojan-horse-is-weak-greeks-point-laugh/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/08/first-iphone-trojan-horse-is-weak-greeks-point-laugh/
My God, if the iPhone had as many problems as ANYTHING Windows, more than half the time it would boot up to a nice touch active BSOD.

Warning! Touch Screen has become inactive. Please press the okay button on the touch screen to continue! :-P]]>Jan 8th 2008 10:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/08/first-iphone-trojan-horse-is-weak-greeks-point-laugh/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/08/first-iphone-trojan-horse-is-weak-greeks-point-laugh/Jan 9th 2008 5:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/08/first-iphone-trojan-horse-is-weak-greeks-point-laugh/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/08/first-iphone-trojan-horse-is-weak-greeks-point-laugh/Jan 8th 2008 9:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/08/first-iphone-trojan-horse-is-weak-greeks-point-laugh/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/08/first-iphone-trojan-horse-is-weak-greeks-point-laugh/
thats because when most of us were 11 cell phones were bricks and we weren't all spoiled little SOBs with an iphone daddy bought us. hehe

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End sarcasm.]]>Jan 9th 2008 12:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/08/first-iphone-trojan-horse-is-weak-greeks-point-laugh/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/08/first-iphone-trojan-horse-is-weak-greeks-point-laugh/Jan 9th 2008 12:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/08/first-iphone-trojan-horse-is-weak-greeks-point-laugh/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/08/first-iphone-trojan-horse-is-weak-greeks-point-laugh/Jan 8th 2008 9:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/08/first-iphone-trojan-horse-is-weak-greeks-point-laugh/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/08/first-iphone-trojan-horse-is-weak-greeks-point-laugh/Jan 8th 2008 9:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/08/first-iphone-trojan-horse-is-weak-greeks-point-laugh/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/08/first-iphone-trojan-horse-is-weak-greeks-point-laugh/Jan 8th 2008 9:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/08/first-iphone-trojan-horse-is-weak-greeks-point-laugh/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/08/first-iphone-trojan-horse-is-weak-greeks-point-laugh/Jan 8th 2008 9:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/08/first-iphone-trojan-horse-is-weak-greeks-point-laugh/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/08/first-iphone-trojan-horse-is-weak-greeks-point-laugh/Jan 8th 2008 10:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/08/first-iphone-trojan-horse-is-weak-greeks-point-laugh/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/08/first-iphone-trojan-horse-is-weak-greeks-point-laugh/Jan 9th 2008 12:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/08/first-iphone-trojan-horse-is-weak-greeks-point-laugh/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/08/first-iphone-trojan-horse-is-weak-greeks-point-laugh/Jan 8th 2008 9:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/08/first-iphone-trojan-horse-is-weak-greeks-point-laugh/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/08/first-iphone-trojan-horse-is-weak-greeks-point-laugh/Jan 8th 2008 9:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/08/first-iphone-trojan-horse-is-weak-greeks-point-laugh/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/08/first-iphone-trojan-horse-is-weak-greeks-point-laugh/Jan 8th 2008 9:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/08/first-iphone-trojan-horse-is-weak-greeks-point-laugh/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/08/first-iphone-trojan-horse-is-weak-greeks-point-laugh/Jan 12th 2008 2:32AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/08/first-iphone-trojan-horse-is-weak-greeks-point-laugh/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/08/first-iphone-trojan-horse-is-weak-greeks-point-laugh/Jan 9th 2008 1:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/08/first-iphone-trojan-horse-is-weak-greeks-point-laugh/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/08/first-iphone-trojan-horse-is-weak-greeks-point-laugh/
I try to keep my 14 year old away from programming tools and gave him something more practical this Christmas: his first set of lock picks. I'm so proud!]]>Jan 9th 2008 3:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/08/first-iphone-trojan-horse-is-weak-greeks-point-laugh/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/08/first-iphone-trojan-horse-is-weak-greeks-point-laugh/Jan 9th 2008 10:15AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/08/first-iphone-trojan-horse-is-weak-greeks-point-laugh/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/08/first-iphone-trojan-horse-is-weak-greeks-point-laugh/Jan 8th 2008 9:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/08/first-iphone-trojan-horse-is-weak-greeks-point-laugh/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/08/first-iphone-trojan-horse-is-weak-greeks-point-laugh/Jan 11th 2008 6:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/08/first-iphone-trojan-horse-is-weak-greeks-point-laugh/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/08/first-iphone-trojan-horse-is-weak-greeks-point-laugh/Jan 8th 2008 9:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/08/first-iphone-trojan-horse-is-weak-greeks-point-laugh/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/08/first-iphone-trojan-horse-is-weak-greeks-point-laugh/
Likewise, fred's comment, "I only wish you would show this type of smarmy contempt to all the other malware writes who write this type of crap for Windows." is misplaced since it's not malware either.

From Symantec's site it's clear that this is just another example of why you should never run a program that you don't trust, regardless of the platform:

"According to various reports, installing the package doesn't have much effect on the iPhone. However, uninstalling it may cause problems, as the malicious package overwrites some other applications during the install. Some of the applications it overwrites are "Erica's Utilities" (a collection of command-line utilities for the iPhone) and OpenSSH. If the user chooses to uninstall the bogus package, these applications will also be removed. Affected users will need to reinstall these applications.

This is technically the first Trojan horse seen for the iPhone, however it does appear to be more of a prank than an actual threat. The impact of uninstalling the "Trojan" would appear to be an unintended side effect. The risk to users is minimal as they would have to choose to install the bogus package and the site which was hosting it has now been taken offline. Nevertheless, iPhone users should exercise caution regarding the packages they choose to install on their phones."
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it's flamebait]]>Jan 9th 2008 2:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/08/first-iphone-trojan-horse-is-weak-greeks-point-laugh/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/08/first-iphone-trojan-horse-is-weak-greeks-point-laugh/Jan 8th 2008 10:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/08/first-iphone-trojan-horse-is-weak-greeks-point-laugh/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/08/first-iphone-trojan-horse-is-weak-greeks-point-laugh/Jan 8th 2008 10:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/08/first-iphone-trojan-horse-is-weak-greeks-point-laugh/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/08/first-iphone-trojan-horse-is-weak-greeks-point-laugh/
Haha, that's part of why I love Engadget. :D]]>Jan 8th 2008 10:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/08/first-iphone-trojan-horse-is-weak-greeks-point-laugh/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/08/first-iphone-trojan-horse-is-weak-greeks-point-laugh/it's not because the iPhone is insecure (not that it's totally secure) but this is just social engineering. Don't blame the iPhone. Blame stupid users.

And be prepare to see Antivirus companies release Antivirus software for the phone soon and making big news all over that you need it. Which you eventually will on a phone this advanced.]]>Jan 8th 2008 11:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/08/first-iphone-trojan-horse-is-weak-greeks-point-laugh/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/08/first-iphone-trojan-horse-is-weak-greeks-point-laugh/Jan 9th 2008 12:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/08/first-iphone-trojan-horse-is-weak-greeks-point-laugh/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/08/first-iphone-trojan-horse-is-weak-greeks-point-laugh/

Oh wait, are you still using GPRS?]]>Jan 9th 2008 12:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/08/first-iphone-trojan-horse-is-weak-greeks-point-laugh/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/08/first-iphone-trojan-horse-is-weak-greeks-point-laugh/Jan 9th 2008 5:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/08/first-iphone-trojan-horse-is-weak-greeks-point-laugh/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/08/first-iphone-trojan-horse-is-weak-greeks-point-laugh/
IF you have manually hacked your iPhone

AND

IF you use Installer.app

AND

IF you manually install this software without knowing what it is

you will need to do nothing more than restore your iPhone to factory condition using Apple's utility.

Um, where's the story, guys?]]>Jan 9th 2008 12:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/08/first-iphone-trojan-horse-is-weak-greeks-point-laugh/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/08/first-iphone-trojan-horse-is-weak-greeks-point-laugh/
You installed JMCO source jmwiki.com, since that isn't a source that comes with installer.app or the "community sources" package.

This is as dumb as going to some random web site and downloading FREE_XXX.exe on a PC and attempting to run it.]]>Jan 9th 2008 1:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/08/first-iphone-trojan-horse-is-weak-greeks-point-laugh/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/08/first-iphone-trojan-horse-is-weak-greeks-point-laugh/
It's that same sort of mentality that gets viruses and other type of malwares created. Complete disregard towards another's property.

I'm not coming down on hackers either. Hacking, as a term, has been misused for awhile now to represent behaviors and motivations that have nothing to do with hacking specifically. It has also been used to aggregate specific types of actions under one term such as cracking, or phreaking, etc. Unfortunately, it also aggregates specific types of actions that are not even hacking in the first place.

Most people don't come close to hacking. Having an iPhone running home brew does not qualify. One cannot "hack" their own property. I have always found it interesting we call modifying your iPhone, PS1, PSP, PS2, XBox, etc. "Hacking". Sony and Apple want you to believe that doing this is hacking your device. That implies, that at some level, you don't own it. They do. It's very subtle isn't it?

Hacking, according to its traditional definition, has always been performing actions against property that is not yours. I know some may disagree with my interpretation, feel free to tell me yours.

A lot of hacking is merely for information gathering purposes, the attainment of knowledge or ability, and rarely one of destruction. That is the propaganda machine at work.

So I know a lot of people want to laugh at this, dismiss it, turn into a flame war between Apple vs. Microsoft, but this kind of behavior really needs to be taken seriously.

This kid needs to be punished because his actions affected a lot of other people, and caused damage. If we don't make him wish he was never born for the next couple of weeks, he may grow up to be one of those assholes that is not just making the new stealth MBR rootkits, but using them to install not so benign malware.

It's shoes today, but tommorow it could be capture the bank account info and transfer the money out.

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butt paddling worked when there was nothing in the kids' room to do - you couldn't distract yourself by staring at the walls in your room.

it's better for things to be found broken and fixed, rather than the alternative, you kinda deserve this situation if you have a jailbroken phone and you have no clue what that means.

again, this post is flamebait]]>Jan 9th 2008 2:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/08/first-iphone-trojan-horse-is-weak-greeks-point-laugh/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/08/first-iphone-trojan-horse-is-weak-greeks-point-laugh/
Accordingly, maybe installing a destructive rootkit on his system that will slowly corrupt his games, steal his online passwords and IM his friends that he still wets the bed, might be more effective.

As for some of the iPhone users that have no idea what they are doing, the stupid should not be targeted merely because they are stupid.

"But your honor, look at the guy... he's a moron", is not a real good or ethical defense as to why you programmed his iPhone to deliver electric shocks every time he put to his face. The fact he may be suing since he has 3rd degree burns from talking to Apple tech support does not mean anything either.]]>Jan 9th 2008 3:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/08/first-iphone-trojan-horse-is-weak-greeks-point-laugh/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/08/first-iphone-trojan-horse-is-weak-greeks-point-laugh/
I am not very surprised that engadget didn't.]]>Jan 9th 2008 6:18AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/08/first-iphone-trojan-horse-is-weak-greeks-point-laugh/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/08/first-iphone-trojan-horse-is-weak-greeks-point-laugh/Jan 9th 2008 5:05AM