Dutch Hacker Holds Jailbroken iPhones Hostage For Ransom



Many of us have jailbroken our iPhones, but did everyone remember to change the default root password? Those guilty of that oversight are vulnerable to the simple intrusion method this guy used to hold iPhones hostage in the Netherlands.

Apparently all that it took to terrify many dutch iPhone users was a “trivial” port scanning technique and “a modicum of networking know-how”. After the hacker gained access to the jailbroken phones with unchanged root passwords, he sent the pictured message which led to a demand for a €5 ($8) PayPal payment and words of caution:
This particular gentleman was almost kind. He didn’t inflict any serious harm, only demanded a small optional payment and limited his activity to the Netherlands. Whoever learns from his approach might not be as nice. The lesson, my darlings? Change your root passwords if you’ve got a jailbroken iPhone. I finally did.
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this stuff is crazy man....
if changing root password is to difficult, they can always off ssh rite...>?

Hi I'm quite new to iphone can someone tell which app to install coz I wanna listen to OneFM radio. I had try lots of radio apps but no one could ricieve Malaysia radio.

Thanks

Current Firmware : 3.1.2
Current network: Maxis
iTunes Version : 9
PC/MAC : PC
Jailbreaking software : Black Rain
Problem Encountered : showing 'No Service' quite frequently whenever i switch on or off  3G
Steps Taken So Far : Just reboot and it turns back normal

So guys wat do u think? Even it turn back to normal when i reboot it but it really annoy me. Sometimes my friends and parents couldn't reach me becos of this prob. Anyone faced this kind of problem?

I am facing this problem also ... and I've to agree is super annoying that you have to keep reboot your phone every time it happens. You can try removing and putting back the sim card again if you don't want to reboot

sorry, i also newbies in iphone world.

also want to ask here, after i search in iphone tips and trick, there is no explanation on how i can set my mp3 as a ringtones.

i have converted my mp3 to mp4 format, then sync also cannot detected in my ringtone.

hope anyone could help ya.

currently im using firmware 3.1.2.

thanks.. 

My iPhone always syncs with my PC.

Now I have a MacBook Pro and decided to transfer everything from my PC to MacBook Pro.

Media contents are easy.
But how am I going to transfer my backup to my MacBook Pro, so that my iPhone can restore from backup on my MacBook Pro?

I will lose my application data if I don't restore from backup.

Help?

in my opinion, that is the standard price for iphone. i would say it is the average price u can get in the market nowadays. quite cheap actually if u got fullbox.

thanks to harmeet15 , now i could use mp3 as my ringtones.

now, just curious want to know whether we can use mp3 as our sms tones?

yup. i have jailbreak my iphone. now using firmware 3.1.2..

so how ya?.. 

Q: How to create custom ringtones? [This can only be available for jailbreak iPhones] | JB
A: Creating Custom SMS Tones on the other hand is fairly more technical and can only be done on jailbroken phones. It involves the following steps:
1) Create a tone you want in QuickTime or with any audio software. It has to be an aif file.
2) Rename the file to 'sms-received1.caf' (which is the file you might want to back up by the way as it is the original ringtone)
3) You can create multiple tones. Just rename correspondingly as sms-received2.caf, sms-received3.caf and so on.
4) Using a directory browser such as DiskAid, browse to ( System/Library/Audio/UISounds )
5) Place your new files in this directory.
6) Reboot your phone and you will have your new sms tones.