Aussie Worm Rickrolls Jailbroken iPhones

[silvrbackg3rilla]

hmmmmmmmmmmmmmm ppl theses days money the root of all evil

[Ticko]

this is far better than rick rolling YouTube - Kitty Cat Dance

i have to say greatest video on youtube right now !!!

[billchase2]

Do that many people keep SSH on at all times? I keep mine off and only turn it on if I need to make changes. SSH seems to suck the battery dry if left on all the time.

[romeo_herman]

Thanks for posting how to change the password.

But why are comments #11 and #12 different? Why does one say "su root" and the other one just "su"?

(I followed #11 and it worked fine)

You got it buddy!

[jadi929]

i dont suppose this works on the iphone 2g?

[mbaharvard]

i dont suppose this works on the iphone 2g?

Works on 'em all. I just SSH in with WinSCP and use Putty to change both the root and mobile passwords.

When you are connected with WinSCP, just open Putty and it will first ask you a password - type in "alpine".

Then type "passwd" then your chosen password twice.

Then type "passwd mobile" and then, again, your chosen password twice. then "exit" to end the Putty session.

Done.

And, as has been mentioned, turn off SSH unless you need it - easiest via SBSettings from Big Boss.

[c.e.p]

Yeah this happened to my brothers phone.

Managed to convince him to finally jailbreak it, about 6 hours later i see this rick roll fella haha...

[splodger15]

the easy way to change the root password is
install mobile terminal from Cydia
after finish install press home button to go back to Home screen
look for mobile terminal then open
type "su" (without quote)press return
then password "alpine" (without quote)press return
now you are logging as root
type "passwd" (without quote)press return
type your new password/press return
retype your new password/press return

That's it

after the instruction try to log in then enter password "alpine"
the system will deny it.
hope it help.If help please press thanks button.

Finish change password you can uninstall mobile terminal on your phone.


Good bye hackers....

Thanks man

[CaptinPoopy]

"Never gonna give you up, never gonna let you down.. Never gonna turn around and hurt you"

[kugi_igi]

i think Apple is the one making this controversy
remember they are now fully fighting against jailbreaking
and this is one of it,damn it

[NegativeBeef]

So is this type of stuff part of apple's plan to combat jailbreakers? lol there needs to be a sticky on this forum on how to change ssh password.

[WaLLy3K]

It's not rickrolling if it doesn't install a mod to play a video on the lockscreen.

[KartRacer]

I changed my mobile password too. Never know what else they could come up with. Yeah root has more access but still. Better safe than sorry.

[Benzerellie]

the easy way to change the root password is
install mobile terminal from Cydia
after finish install press home button to go back to Home screen
look for mobile terminal then open
type "su" (without quote)press return
then password "alpine" (without quote)press return
now you are logging as root
type "passwd" (without quote)press return
type your new password/press return
retype your new password/press return

That's it

after the instruction try to log in then enter password "alpine"
the system will deny it.
hope it help.If help please press thanks button.

Finish change password you can uninstall mobile terminal on your phone.


Good bye hackers....

Thanks for the info on the root PW change, has any bought and used the IP Firewall in Cydia? Was think of using it...

[cuty_kamu]

if i'm not jailbreaked how would i know my SSH is turned on?
and if it is turn on how would i turn it off without jailbreaking my device?

[rwin84]

Keep on truckin Rick Astley

[mnhollie]

if i'm not jailbreaked how would i know my SSH is turned on?
and if it is turn on how would i turn it off without jailbreaking my device?

You can only SSH if you've jailbroken your ipod/iphone. No need to worry

[romeo_herman]

if i'm not jailbreaked how would i know my SSH is turned on?
and if it is turn on how would i turn it off without jailbreaking my device?

Just turn off your wifi, you are safe now...

[guidenes]

whoa, a close one!

well i'm in three's network anyway,
but i already did changed the password and making sure to off it whenever
altho its not really hacking, but still its scary
i mean if they choose a spooky joker picture instead of rickroll, it will scare the **** out of me

[hollow0]

if i'm not jailbreaked how would i know my SSH is turned on?
and if it is turn on how would i turn it off without jailbreaking my device?

If you're not jailbroken then you don't have openSSH. So, you don't have to worry about it.

Just turn off your wifi, you are safe now...

The phones were scanned through 3G so even if he was jailbroken and had turned his WiFi off he would be found through his 3G connection. Best way to protect yourself is to have SBSettings installed. It comes with an SSH on/off button!