First iPhone Trojan is created.
by Doc_Ren on Jan.09, 2008, under iPhone
If you have thought that your iPhone is the best virus free gadjet you must change your mind because the first Trojan for the iPhone is discovered . 11 year old child has added an app to installer sources that will list itself as iPhone firmware 1.1.3 prep which they are calling fail.trojan which is an update to Erica’s Utilities, F-Secure reported that the kid playing with XML files created the Trojan. “Next time it might be someone else with more skills and with specific target,” they said.
According to Modmyifone.com all the app does is say “shoes.” However, when uninstalled, the application removes files from the /bin directory on the iPhone, breaking valid apps like Sendfile and Erica’s Utilities.The site hosting the application was taken offline soon after it was discovered, reports F-Secure.
“Hopefully this serves as a warning for those who have opened their iPhones using a security hole in the system and then installing unverified software without a second thought to what they are doing,” said F-Secure on its site.