New Worm Transforms Jailbroken iPhones into Botnet Armies

Jailbroken iPhone users in the Netherlands beware, a new worm is luring itself by redirecting users from the ING Bank web site. When users visit the bank's home page they are redirected by the worm Which leaves them vulnerable Thurs Criminals that can capture their banking log-in information. Security experts at F-Secure are also warning that the worm can turn potentially infected iPhones into a "bonnet," Which is a network of compromised computers at the mercy of hackers or cybercriminals that can be accessed and controlled without the permission of the user. The worm can also be easily spread from one jailbroken iPhone to another when the jailbroken iPhones are connected to the same wireless internet connection.

Worm iPhone compliant, this is far from the first iPhone Security Threat to come out recently, Mikko Hypponen of F-Secure says that this is worm is the first malicious virus seriously for the iPhone. "There's a clear financial motive behind it," he told the BBC. "It's fairly isolated and specific to the Netherlands, but it is capable of spreading."