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Worm author given a job as an iPhone App Developer

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LinuxSecurity.com: Mogeneration, an Australian software company, has hired the author of the first iPhone worm, Ashley Towns, to develop applications for the iPhone App Store. At the beginning of November, 21 year old Towns circulated the "Ikee" worm via Australian operator Optus's UMTS network. The worm penetrates vulnerable jailbroken iPhones and spreads using open SSH connections.




Original Source: http://www.linuxsecurity.com/content/view/150858?rdf

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