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iPh/Duh-A

Category
Type
What to do
Prevalence low high

Summary

 
Characteristics
  • Drops more malware
Protection available since 24 November 2009 00:50:44 (GMT)
Last updated 24 November 2009 20:40:24 (GMT)
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Action

Please follow the instructions for removing worms.


Since iPh/Duh-A can download additional code and commands, users are recommended to restore their iPhones from a last known-clean backup, or upgrade to the latest Apple firmware.

More Information

iPh/Duh-A is a worm for jail-broken Apple iPhones.

iPh/Duh-A has the functionality to communicate with the remote server located at:
92.61.38.16

iPh/Duh-A can only affect jail-broken iPhones that have the root password 'alpine'.

Accounts with the password:
'alpine'
are patched to have the password:
'ohshit'

After infecting a system, iPh/Duh-A spreads by SCP'ing itself to jail-broken iPhones with the root password:
'alpine'


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