Μία νέα είδηση που αποδεικνύει για ακόμη μία φορά το πόσο επικίνδυνο είναι να εγκαθιστούμε εφαρμογές από αναξιόπιστα repos του Cydia.
Ερευνητής ασφαλείας ανέπτυξε και στη συνέχεια έδωσε σε κυκλοφορία μέσω του δικού του repo στο Cydia, ένα app που "brick-άρει" την συσκευή στην οποία εγκαθίσταται.
Το app με την ονομασία KilliOS δημιουργήθηκε ως PoC (Proof of concept) και αναδεικνύει τον κίνδυνο στον οποίο εισέρχονται οι χρήστες όταν εγκαθιστούν εφαρμογές όπως π.χ πειρατικά apps/games από αναξιόπιστα repos.
With dayt0n's new bootcolor changing method (which messes with nvram), the jailbreak community is in great danger in terms of malware.
I have released a very, very, very, very dangerous package as a proof of concept called "KilliOS" on my personal Cydia repository (http://arcticsn0w.github.io). It is an empty package which messes with nvram values in the postinst script, and then forces a reboot. Installing this package will instantly kill your device.
Please do not install this. This is merely a PoC. If you install this and email me saying "How do I get rid of KilliOS?" I will not be able to support you. Installing this tweak is an instant death of your device.
The "source code" is available here: https://github.com/arcticsn0w/killios
Be very, very careful with what repositories you add and what tweaks you install.
TL;DR Be very careful. Please, I swear to god, do not install KilliOS. Please. If you do, I can't help you fix your device. It's very dangerous. It is only a proof of concept saying "Tweaks CAN do this". Do not install. Do not install. Do not install. Do not install. Do not install. Do not install. Do not install. Do not install. Do not install. Do not install. Do not install.
EDIT: I pulled it from my repo due to it being so dangerous. It is now available in the GitHub repository for KilliOS if you want to brutally murder your phone.