Monday, November 23, 2009

New iPhone worm steals online banking codes, builds botnet

Computerworld - Hackers have borrowed a tactic from the world's first iPhone worm to build a botnet that steals data, including online banking credentials, from jailbroken Apple smartphones.

A new worm, dubbed "Duh" by U.K.-based security firm Sophos, is related to the "ikee" worm released earlier this month only in its approach, not in its code, said Chester Wisniewski, a senior security advisory with Sophos.


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