IOS_IKEE.D

 Analysis by: Sabrina Lei Sioting

 PLATFORM:

iOS

 OVERALL RISK RATING:
 DAMAGE POTENTIAL:
 DISTRIBUTION POTENTIAL:
 REPORTED INFECTION:

  • Threat Type: Worm

  • Destructiveness: No

  • Encrypted: No

  • In the wild: Yes

  OVERVIEW


This worm may be unknowingly downloaded by a user while visiting malicious websites. It may be manually installed by a user.

  TECHNICAL DETAILS

File Size:

Varies

File Type:

Other

Initial Samples Received Date:

01 Oct 2011

Arrival Details

This worm may be unknowingly downloaded by a user while visiting malicious websites.

It may be manually installed by a user.

Other Details

This worm does the following:

  • Infects jailbroken iPhone devices with Secure Shell (SSH) installed and the password still configured to the default value, alpine.
  • Spreads by scanning the network for specific IP addresses of telecommunication providers in Australia and dropping a copy of itself. It also targets other iPhone devices connected to the local network. It also generates target IP addresses by randomly creating subnet masks based on the current time.
    • Local Network: 192.168.0.0-192.168.255.255
    • Optus Australia: 114.72.0.0-114.75.255.255
    • Optus Australia: 203.17.138.0-203.17.138.255
    • Optus Australia: 203.17.140.0-203.17.140.255
    • Optus Australia: 203.2.75.0-203.2.75.255
    • Optus Australia: 210.49.0.0-210.49.255.255
    • Optus Australia: 211.28.0.0-211.31.255.255
    • Telstra Australia: 58.160.0.0-58.175.255.25
    • Vodafone Australia: 120.16.0.0-120.23.255.255
    • Vodafone Australia: 123.98.128.0-123.98.143.255
    • Vodafone Australia: 202.81.64.0-202.81.79.255

  SOLUTION

Minimum Scan Engine:

9.200

FIRST VSAPI PATTERN FILE:

8.466.08

FIRST VSAPI PATTERN DATE:

02 Oct 2011

Step 1

For Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 users, before doing any scans, please make sure you disable System Restore to allow full scanning of your computer.

Step 2

Scan your computer with your Trend Micro product to delete files detected as IOS_IKEE.D. If the detected files have already been cleaned, deleted, or quarantined by your Trend Micro product, no further step is required. You may opt to simply delete the quarantined files. Please check this Knowledge Base page for more information.


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