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iPhone worm author lands job as application developer


server: neowin.net - 28.11.2009

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Just recently, an Australian by the name of Ashley Towns released an iPhone worm into the wild, which essentially Rick-rolled the user if their phone met certainly vulnerability criteria. Now, however, Towns has managed to get a job with a development firm, escaping any legal punishment he should receive. The worm, named the Ikee worm, wasn& 39;t malicious in intent, but that& 39;s not to say it didn& 39;t come without any dangerous repercussions. As posted by Graham Cluley on a Sophos blog, the worm contained a few bugs, and also built the path for a more dangerous worm, dubbed the & 39;Duh& 39; worm.

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