Proof of Concept iPhone rootkit demonstrated
by Jago Maniscalchi // October 26, 2010 // Exploits and Malware // No comments
The success of a group of hackers in compromising the security of Apple’s iPhone may set the stage for more malware for the popular handset, including rootkit-style remote monitoring tools and data stealing malware.
In a presentation at the ToorCon Hacking Conference here on Saturday, Eric Monti, a Senior Researcher at Trustwave’s Spider Labs demonstrated how the same kind of vulnerabilities and exploits that allowed a team of hackers to “jailbreak” iPhones and iPads from Apple’s content restrictions could be used to push rootkit-style malware onto those devices and intercept credit card data from an iPhone-based transaction.
Read more at Threat Post.
