Not long after the first proof of concept for iPhone malware surfaced, a piece of genuine malware for the iPhone has been spotted in the wild. For the overwhelming majority of iPhone users, this really isn’t much of a problem. Phones which have been activated and updated through iTunes are in no way vulnerable to either attack. Only phones which have been jailbroken and equipped with SSH are subject to the attack, which can be thwarted by changing the SSH password from the default. (more…)

Even though there was a lot of excitement over the iPhone coming to China, there were not a loG  of people waiting in line to make a purchase. According to a report, China Unicom has only managed to sell 5,000 iPhones since it started shipping last Friday, which is not a lot if we consider China’s 1.3 billion population. (more…)

IT security and data protection company Sophos, has warned iPhone users of the world’s first iPhone virus that is spreading in the wild in Australia. The virus can only infect users who have “jailbroken” their iPhones in order to allow themto run applications that have not been approved by Apple. (more…)