14 DAY TRIAL // A few days ago, the first iPhone threat spotted in the wild made the tour of the virtual world, as security companies warned the owners of the Apple device that a fake firmware update might be more dangerous than they had expected. But before getting into today's piece of news, let's do some recap.
As you may have heard, a fake and malicious iPhone firmware update was rolled out on the web, insisting that people's devices should be updated as soon as possible. Although some iPhone owners may get really scared, it's not the case. And this because the threat isn't really dangerous for your gadget. The only thing it does is "taking up 90K of the unit's memory", according to Trend Micro, and overwrite some files. This obviously causes serious problems for the gadget, because uninstalling the firmware automatically removes other programs, such as Erica's Utilities, OpenSSH, Launcher, and Doom.
Getting back to today's piece of news, here's something really shocking (or not, if you're one of those guys addicted to computer infections): the iPhone threat was built by an 11-year-old kid!
"Already this New Year brings with it a new, albeit minor, annoyance for the legions of Apple iPhone users that have already weaned into their new phones for their everyday use. The culprit? A bored eleven-year-old", Ma. Christina Cruz, of Trend Micro, wrote in a blog post.
The website that rolled the Trojan on the web is currently unavailable, as it was shut down soon after the security companies had reported the problem. "The link from which this Trojan can be downloaded is now down. But be assured - there will most certainly be more", the Trend Micro official added.
So, just keep it in your mind, once you see a new firmware update for your iPhone, do NOT deploy it unless you're 100 percent sure that it is safe and it cannot damage your device.