Do it via SSH in a terminal window, use passwd to change root's then passwd mobile to change mobile's too.
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New Malware Allows Hackers to Access Personal Information on Jailbroken iPhones
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Do it via SSH in a terminal window, use passwd to change root's then passwd mobile to change mobile's too.
Your analogy sucks.
It would be more appropriate to say it's like complaining that someone stole your car after you left it running in the parking lot... and you're someone who has never used a car before nor understands how it works but some car expert down the street assured you it was okay to leave it parked and running, despite what the car manufacturer has said.
This is the downside of jailbreaking. The people advocating jailbreaking are making it easy enough for people without a technical background to do it and therefore things are being left wide open like that. Go ask the average user what SSH even is and you'll get back a blank stare. And you think it's obvious that people should know better than to leave the default root password in place.
If the jailbreaking community wants to keep their efforts alive and well, they should undertake and effort to educate their group and/or implement the basic safeguards in the process of jailbreaking. It seems irresponsible to do otherwise.
Do it via SSH in a terminal window, use passwd to change root's then passwd mobile to change mobile's too.
Thank You!! I was missing the passwd mobile step.
Why are so many debating whether or not this is news? Would you rather people who didn't find out, get their lives hacked? It sounds like news to me and I think it's good to inform people of this type of thing. Some of you have stated, "many people who jailbroke their phones didn't know what they were doing." I don't think half of them feel they need to know anything other than it's cool to run apps that they were told they couldn't and that they can choose another carrier and rightly so. Everyone that purchases an iphone is not a programmer and therefore wouldn't know much tech speak, much less know the specifics of jailbreaking a phone. All they know is they are free. Why should they know anything else?
The double-standard attitude everyone* has sickens me.
When mac fans talk about Windows, the generally say how much Windows sucks because it's so easy to infect with viruses. When a computer** running OS X gets infected, it's obviously the user's fault for being dumb.
I'm sorry, but both windows and os x are very secure operating systems, it's just that users like to install things that aren't always the most safe. and if that is what makes Windows susceptible to viruses, well then it makes os x susceptible too.
*everyone being a generalization
**iPhone, mac, or otherwise
When mac fans talk about Windows, the generally say how much Windows sucks because it's so easy to infect with viruses. When a computer** running OS X gets infected, it's obviously the user's fault for being dumb.
I'm sorry, but both windows and os x are very secure operating systems, it's just that users like to install things that aren't always the most safe. and if that is what makes Windows susceptible to viruses, well then it makes os x susceptible too.
*everyone being a generalization
**iPhone, mac, or otherwise
No, on Windows, there are LOADS of security exploits, and it's very easy for something to get in while you're just browsing the net.
On the Mac, the only way to get infected is if the user consciously downloads and installs something. While that's not the case with this iPhone exploit, it's still the users' fault for a) not changing the password to the most powerful account on the device and b) for not doing proper research before hacking their device.
In the same way, it'd be a Windows users' fault for getting hacked if they set up SSH and made their password "password".
i personally dont have anything against people who jailbreak. i'd do it i suppose too, but i don't really have any reason to.
what i do hope this puts a stop to is all the bashing from the new "think different" community that think it's appropriate to come out and bash us folks that don't jailbreak and tell us we are just halfwits and are allowing Apple to tell us what we want or how we should do things.
my point is that all this hacking of jailbroken iphones is exactly why apple approached the closed architecture implementation in the first place. if all these "brilliant" hackers (not meant to be offensive) aren't even capable of handling password protection then why does anyone think that an entire user base of iphone/ipod users could maturely handle keeping themselves secure and protected if the platform wasnt locked down?!
personally i think there were a lot of people out there that may have jailbroken their phones out of ignorance thinking that if they didnt they wouldnt get as much out of it. in the meantime, theyve probably not done anything too spectacular with their iphone or anything that i haven't been able to also. now they find themselves vulnerable, and dont have a clue how to deal with it and nowhere to go.
again, hack away, jailbreak your phones. i have no problem with it. im not even going to be hateful and say "you get what you deserve" because thatd be stupid and childish. why do i care and why would i want bad things to happen to you because you wanted to "think different". all i ask is that SOME people quite bashing people like myself for "conforming" to Apple's dictatorship.
what i do hope this puts a stop to is all the bashing from the new "think different" community that think it's appropriate to come out and bash us folks that don't jailbreak and tell us we are just halfwits and are allowing Apple to tell us what we want or how we should do things.
my point is that all this hacking of jailbroken iphones is exactly why apple approached the closed architecture implementation in the first place. if all these "brilliant" hackers (not meant to be offensive) aren't even capable of handling password protection then why does anyone think that an entire user base of iphone/ipod users could maturely handle keeping themselves secure and protected if the platform wasnt locked down?!
personally i think there were a lot of people out there that may have jailbroken their phones out of ignorance thinking that if they didnt they wouldnt get as much out of it. in the meantime, theyve probably not done anything too spectacular with their iphone or anything that i haven't been able to also. now they find themselves vulnerable, and dont have a clue how to deal with it and nowhere to go.
again, hack away, jailbreak your phones. i have no problem with it. im not even going to be hateful and say "you get what you deserve" because thatd be stupid and childish. why do i care and why would i want bad things to happen to you because you wanted to "think different". all i ask is that SOME people quite bashing people like myself for "conforming" to Apple's dictatorship.
I know jailbreak sites try to make the process as easy and well-supported as they can, but this makes me doubt the level of expert guidance you’re really getting when you jailbreak I’d rather have my data security in the hands of the OS vendor (Apple) than have it in the hands of the OS vendor PLUS an informal set of hacks and experiments and scattered know-how.
Which is too bad, because aside from memory-waste and stability issues, I think it would be really cool to mod an iPhone and its UI. I modded the UI on my old iPod Photo 60, and while it may have been unnecessary, it was sure fun If I had an iPod Touch (and not the phone I rely on!) I might be tempted to jailbreak and mod it for a while just for the heck of it, as a hobby project.
People shouldn’t have anything against jailbreakers—what’s the harm, other than to themselves maybe? What people should object to is using jailbreaking for PIRACY purposes. That hurts all of us, but it’s not something you can assume every jailbreaker does.
I’d rather have my data security in the hands of the OS vendor (Apple) than have it in the hands of the OS vendor PLUS an informal set of hacks and experiments and scattered know-how.Which is too bad, because aside from memory-waste and stability issues, I think it would be really cool to mod an iPhone and its UI. I modded the UI on my old iPod Photo 60, and while it may have been unnecessary, it was sure fun
If I had an iPod Touch (and not the phone I rely on!) I might be tempted to jailbreak and mod it for a while just for the heck of it, as a hobby project.People shouldn’t have anything against jailbreakers—what’s the harm, other than to themselves maybe? What people should object to is using jailbreaking for PIRACY purposes. That hurts all of us, but it’s not something you can assume every jailbreaker does.
Do you want another laundry list of inadequacies or would a simple "no" suffice?
BTW, isn't this article old news? Change your SSH passwords, avoid exploits. The End.
1. No, it doesn't.
2. No, they haven't. You can't forensically analyze an iPhone without jailbreaking it.
Do you want another laundry list of inadequacies or would a simple "no" suffice?
BTW, isn't this article old news? Change your SSH passwords, avoid exploits. The End.
No matter what Apple gives you... you'll never be happy. Just use your iPhone and be happy. There's no need to jailbreak.
Clearly you have never jailbroken before.
If nobody did any hacking, there wouldn't be any improvement.
Lol, the guy that talks endlessly about things being a pixel off is telling us theres no need to have complete control over our devices and we should just be happy.
I like being able to skin and use things like intelliscreen.
This is silly.
If you don't change you bank password, are you surprised when someone takes your money?
If this was some sort of thing that was hard to fight against, I could understand but really, having NO prior knowledge, you can change your password in about 1 minute, then you are safe. If you get hacked=your fault.
If you don't change you bank password, are you surprised when someone takes your money?
If this was some sort of thing that was hard to fight against, I could understand but really, having NO prior knowledge, you can change your password in about 1 minute, then you are safe. If you get hacked=your fault.
Agree, but you don't need to use jailbreaking for piracy purpose. Just sync in the iPhone some content (videos, songs, photos, texts) that you have obtained illegally. So, to correct your statement: "What people should object to is using iPhones for PIRACY purpose. That hurts all of us, but its not something you can assume every iPhone owner does."
