Jailbroken iPhones vulnerable to new data-nicking hack

Jailbroken iPhone owners could be at risk from a new hacker tool that can work its way in to your phone and nick all your personal data.

We heard earlier in the week that a worm was on the loose changing wallpapers to a picture of the 80s pop legend Rick Astley, but it appears the new hack on the block is much more malicious.

Using the same glitch in the iPhone’s defence as the Astley worm, the hacker tool can start roaming around your jailbroken iPhone using a computer, a Wifi connection and the common jailbreaking root password that many owners don’t think to change.

This means you’re leaving any info on your iPhone such as emails, texts, memos, photos, contact and music up for grabs, as well as any deets collected by your apps.

To protect yourself against the little beggars after your stuff, get to changing that root password sharpish.

Via: Fonehome

Dan Grabham Editor-in-Chief

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Dan is Editor-in-chief of Stuff, working across the magazine and the Stuff.tv website.  Our Editor-in-Chief is a regular at tech shows such as CES in Las Vegas, IFA in Berlin and Mobile World Congress in Barcelona as well as at other launches and events. He has been a CES Innovation Awards judge. Dan is completely platform agnostic and very at home using and writing about Windows, macOS, Android and iOS/iPadOS plus lots and lots of gadgets including audio and smart home gear, laptops and smartphones. He's also been interviewed and quoted in a wide variety of places including The Sun, BBC World Service, BBC News Online, BBC Radio 5Live, BBC Radio 4, Sky News Radio and BBC Local Radio.

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