What lessons can be learned from the iPhone worms?

Word spread quickly earlier this week when the first known worms targeting the Apple iPhone surfaced days apart in Australia and the Netherlands. Neither inflicts serious harm on devices — though perhaps the Australian "Ikee" worm is guilty of crimes against good taste, as it swaps out the iPhone's wallpaper for a vintage photo of Rick Astley. The events are notable, however, because they only affect jailbroken iPhones, raising questions over whether the iPhone jailbreaking community behaves responsibly when it frees the devices from Apple's factory restrictions. Subscribers can click below to see guest author Nathan Willis's look from this week's Security page.

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