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SanDisk WORM SD card can store data for 100 years
SanDisk has started shipping its 1GB WORM SD Card. WORM means write-once-ready-many and Japan police is SanDisk’s one of the major customers who’ll buy the card for tamper proof forensic image archiving. SanDisk says most forensic images are stored on a 35mm film that degrades over time but WORM SD cards on the other [...]
Jailbroken iPhones in danger with the new malicious worm
A new iPhone worm has found its way out that have malicious traits as opposed to the Rickroll worm found two weeks ago. The worm identified as “Duh” or “Ikee.B” uses the same modus operandi as the rickroll worm, effectively putting only jailbroken users with default SSH password at risk. The first sign came [...]
iPhone worm trickles out in Oz, does nothing malicious
iPhone users in Australia encountered what is said to be the world’s first iPhone worm. The worm took advantage of jailbroken iPhones (and iPod Touch) with SSH installed and using the default user/pass. The worm was created by a hacker known as ikee and replaces the screenlock wallpaper with 1980s popstar Rick Astley with [...]