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A new worm is out hitting jailbroken iPhones, one that crawls its way into your device if you haven’t changed your root password. If you haven’t changed your root password you can learn all about it here.
According to Macworld, after the worm compromises your phone, it goes on to replace the phone’s copy of the SSH remote login software and changes the root password, skims your SMS database, talks to the creators, and then launches a piece of software that searches for other phones that are vulnerable on both local networks and known IP address ranges of specific Internet Service Providers.
Users are finding the most noticeable symptom is the increased battery drain, as a result of the SSH process that the worm starts. Some have seen such a bad reduction in battery life that they are just wiping and restoring their handsets, without noticing that the worm was installed.
If you have a jailbroken iPhone, or are considering it, make sure to changethe root password.
If you’ve noticed that after installing iPhone OS 3.1 that your iPhone battery suddenly drains faster than your favorite beverage. You’re not alone.
A growing list of complaints on the Apple Discussion board about the OS 3.1 battery drain issue has gotten the attention of Apple. Many of the users that posted complains on the thread have been contacted by the AppleCare help desk with 11 following up questions about their issues.
People who have been contacted by Apple, have also been sent an unsigned ad-hoc profile that records battery life information and syncs it back with iTunes. Users who have received these profiles have been asked to send these logs back to AppleCare.
It is good to see that Apple is directly contacting users who are reporting the problem in an attempt to fix it.
Apple Discussions via The iPhone Blog
