Stories about: SSH

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    Guarding against database anti-forensics 14/11/2009 02:08:00

    Database hacking has gone mainstream and is becoming harder to detect because of the increasingly sophisticated anti-forensic procedures hackers use to cover their tracks.
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    Jailbreaking your iPhone: The pros and cons 13/11/2009 06:30:00

    iPhone "jailbreaking" has been a hot topic since Apple released its smartphone more than two years ago. While the amazing little device does indeed have applications for "just about everything," Apple's sometimes arbitrary or self-serving rejections of apps such as Google Voice has turned more people on to the idea of freeing themselves from dependence on Apple for these resources (and also, in some cases, from AT&T for a network signal).
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    New Malware Affects Jailbroken iPhones 12/11/2009 08:40:00

    Late last week, an Australian hacker dubbed ikee deployed the Rickrolling worm - a harmless and humorous worm that installs a picture of 80s one hit wonder Rick Astley to affected users' home screens. Rickrolling serves not so much as malware but as a warning to jailbreak users who have installed SSH in order to gain root access to their iPhone's file system from the internet but have neglected to change the default password, even though not doing so is clearly warned against in the installation documentation.
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    Hackers pillage jailbroken iPhones 12/11/2009 07:16:00

    Hackers are plundering personal data from jailbroken iPhones using the tactic demonstrated last week by an Australian programmer's self-described "prank," researchers said today.
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    iPhone worm rickrolls jailbroken phones 10/11/2009 06:38:00

    A mischievous iPhone worm that targets Australian jailbroken phones is changing the phone's wallpaper to an image of Rick Astley.
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    Jailbreaking puts iPhone owners at risk, says researcher 10/11/2009 05:25:00

    Jailbroken iPhones are much easier to hijack, a noted security researcher said today, and the proof is in the worm that has infected some Australian phones.
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    iPhone 'rickroll' worm is no threat to most users 10/11/2009 02:07:00

    The first worm to infect the iPhone will not affect most users of Apple's smartphone, despite worrying reports. The ikee worm only affects jailbroken iPhones, representing a minority percentage of iPhones on the market.
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    Aussie iPhones Attacked by Virus 09/11/2009 16:30:00

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    First iPhone worm spreads Rick Astley wallpaper 09/11/2009 08:25:00

    The first worm written for Apple's iPhone has been unleashed and is infecting phones in Australia.
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    Master your own (Internet) domain 08/09/2009 05:02:00

    Seinfeld episodes notwithstanding, buying a domain name may be easy, but managing the domain and making smart technology decisions is another story. Let's take a look at the steps and decisions involved in setting up Web and e-mail hosting accounts for your a domain.
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    Researchers find a new way to attack the cloud 04/09/2009 05:43:00

    Amazon and Microsoft have been pushing cloud-computing services as a low-cost way to outsource raw computing power, but the products may introduce new security problems that have yet to be fully explored, according to researchers at the University of California, San Diego, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
 
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