iPhone Trojan: Let’s be careful out there

Macworld’s Jim Dalrymple reports that the first Trojan for the iPhone has been discovered. As originally discovered by modmyifone, this Trojan only works on phones hacked to use Installer.app. So stock iPhone users are safe, but users with hacked iPhones should be vigilant.

Of course, you should be vigilant anyway. And understand that as the user of a hacked phone, you are at the mercy of the software sources you’ve set up in Installer.app. In this case, the person who created the Trojan — reportedly an 11-year-old kid — used the source jmwiki.com to install an app that posed as Erica’s Utilities, but was actually an app that removed files from the iPhone’s /var/root/bin directory. Installer.app is really cool, but the fact is, you’re installing software over the net — and so you should only use trusted sources. Or be willing to take the risks involved from downloading and running random software! Your call either way.

Category: Hacking

Posted by Jason Snell on Jan 8 2008, 9:26 PM ET

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