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To: iggyl who wrote (8792)8/26/2011 6:55:06 AM
From: sylvester80  Read Replies (1) of 32692
 
Trojan Found in iPhone Jailbreak Software
by Aisha Mazhar on July 30, 2010
worsttech.com

You all may have heard the exciting news of jailbreaking iPhone declared as legal in USA now, well this post covers the dark aspects on the same topic.



By the unveiling of this news cyber criminals has fasten their seat belts in spreading and utilizing fake news in lieu of this news, by giving the user opportunity to download software for the jailbreak iPhone which actually launches a Trojan in form of the software download.

A snapshot extracted from the rouge emails/ notifications attracts the user by such kind of sentences as software is compatible with all the versions and will provide all the access after the unlock. You may download on from our site xxxxxxxx./iphone3gs-3g.exe.

Security researchers team from the Bit defender analyzed this software and intercepted that the executable files has a key logging competence which analyzes, all the information that may be in form of your accounts, passwords, transactions etc it can be any information that has been taking place from your machine over the internet and then sends a copy of the file ahead to a hotmail account.

However we will advice you people that it is better to view and scan the attachment, executables and any unknown software downloads provided by an unknown or stumble user, keep your antivirus updated, Also note this reminder that your iPhone warranty is been compromised on jail breaking and that is also prone to more vulnerabilities as they are never been reviewed. Stay safe and keep your machines safe.
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