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Linux iPod Proof-of-Concept Virus in the Wild

John Biggs
Friday, April 6th, 2007
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5_ipodnano_comparison.jpgThere’s an iPod virus. Before you encase your Nano in lucite, however, please understand that this virus is merely a proof-of-concept that runs only on iPodLinux and requires manual intervention to begin infecting .ELF files.

Let’s just say that there are no iPod viruses, currently, but there are apparently homebrew apps that could be exploited in nasty ways. ‘Nuf said.

Kaspersky Virus Page [Kaspersky via UnwiredView]

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