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Worms

First iPhone Worm Discovered, Rickrolls Jailbroken Phones 215

Posted by Soulskill from the maximum-threat dept.
Unexpof writes "Users of jailbroken iPhones in Australia are reporting that their wallpapers have been changed by a worm to an image of '80s pop icon Rick Astley. This is the first time a worm has been reported in the wild for the Apple iPhone. According to a report by Sophos, the worm, which exploits users who have installed SSH and not changed the default password, hunts for other vulnerable iPhones and infects them. Users are advised to properly secure their jailbroken iPhones with a non-default password, and Sophos says the worm is not harmless, despite its graffiti-like payload: 'Accessing someone else's computing device and changing their data without permission is an offense in many countries — and just as with graffiti there is a cost involved in cleaning-up affected iPhones. ... Other inquisitive hackers may also be tempted to experiment once they read about the world's first iPhone worm. Furthermore, a more malicious hacker could take the code written by ikee and adapt it to have a more sinister payload.'"

Will Mainstream Media Embrace Adblockers? 417

Posted by CmdrTaco from the so-crazy-it-might-be-true dept.
Blarkon writes "Slashdotters are aware of and often use Adblock Plus," and notes that "if newspapers wanted to hit the online content industry hard right now, they would be running non-stop information about how to obtain and use Adblock Plus.' That a scorched-earth approach to blocking Internet advertising through AdBlock Plus might collapse free online competitors by starving them of revenue. If more people are aware of Adblock plus, it will be more tempting for other browser manufacturers to include similar ad blocking functionality. Might Rupert Murdoch's apparent 'traffic killing' move to paywall content be a desperate gamble to avoid the impact of a future crash in the ad-supported online business model caused by everyone's browser including something like Adblock Plus?"
Displays

Submission + - What can be done with a laptop LCD screen?

Submitted by OzJD
OzJD writes: Slashdotters, I've been searching everywhere as to what can be done with a LCD screen from a laptop, without any real success, The closest thing I've found is documentation on using a PSP's LCD screen, although I've found many suggestions that require the whole laptop to be working.
Basically, I would like to know if any of you have done, or know of a way that I can use the LCD from a laptop (specifically a Compaq F573au) input without spending more money than the LCD is worth.

Ultimately, I would like to use the LCD with an analogue input, such as a video input from RCA plugs.

It seems that i'm not alone in searching, as there are alot of unanswered posts among many forums regarding this matter (I guess this is mostly due to the increased usage of laptops, and the common death of them)
Please slashdot, any ideas?

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