Iphone Apps – Applications

According to BBC News

A second worm to hit the iPhone has been unearthed by security company F-Secure.

It is specifically targeting people in the Netherlands who are using their iPhones for internet banking with Dutch online bank ING.

It redirects the bank’s customers to a lookalike site with a log-in screen.

The worm attacks “jail-broken” phones – a modification which enables the user to run non-Apple approved software on their handset.

The handsets at risk also have SSH (secure shell) installed.

Many people use SSH so other programs can remotely connect to an iPhone and, among other things, transfer files. It comes with a default password, “alpine” which should be changed.

Users who have installed SSH and not changed the password are especially at risk.

The new worm is more serious than the first because it can behave like a botnet, warns F-Secure.

This enables the phone to be accessed or controlled remotely without the permission of its owner.

‘Clearly malicious’

“It’s the second iPhone worm ever and the first that’s clearly malicious – there’s a clear financial motive behind it,” F-Secure research director Mikko Hypponen told the BBC.

“It’s fairly isolated and specific to Netherlands but it is capable of spreading.”

He added although the number of infected phones was thought to be in the hundreds rather than thousands, the worm could jump from phone to phone among owners using the same wi-fi hotspot.

A spokesperson for ING Bank said that a warning was going to be put on the bank’s official website.

“We are also briefing call centre personnel,” she added. “It’s important to remember that the worm only affects jail-broken phones and it is only aimed at customers in the Netherlands.”

The first iPhone worm, called ikee, was harmless. Users with infected phones found their wallpaper replaced with a picture of 1980s popstar Rick Astley.

It also targeted jail-broken phones which were SSH enabled.

Its creator Ashley Towns said he wrote the ikee program in order to raise the issue of iPhone security.
Note: courtesy BBC

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You can make or receive another call while you’re already on the phone. If you receive a second call, iPhone beeps and shows the caller’s information and a list of options.

Put a caller on hold and make a second call

Tap Add Call and make a second call.

Respond to an incoming call

Do one of the following:

• To ignore the call and send it to voicemail, tap Ignore.
• To hold the first call and answer the new call, tap Hold Call + Answer.
• To end the first call and answer the new one, tap End Call + Answer.
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Conference Calls

You can talk to more than one person at a time, and merge up to five calls, depending on your carrier.

NOTE: Conference calling may be an optional service in some countries. Contact your carrier for more information.

Create a conference call: 

1. Make a call.

2. Tap Add Call and make another call. The first call is put on hold.

3. Tap Merge Calls. The calls are merged on one line and everyone can hear each other.

4. Repeat steps two and three to add up to five calls.

Drop one call: 

Tap Conference and tap next to a call. Then tap End Call.

Talk privately with a call: 

Tap Conference, then tap Private next to a call. Tap Merge Calls to resume the conference.

Add an incoming call: 

Tap Hold Call + Answer, then tap Merge Calls.

If your service includes conference calling, iPhone always has a second line available in addition to the conference call.

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An update to the Undercover iPhone application uses push notifications to remotely activate the tracking of your stolen device. When reporting a device stolen, you can send it notifications that will trigger Undercover. When you lose your iPhone or iPod, you can use Undercover to display a message on the device. Orbicule has also launched a new web portal for Undercover iPhone at www.undercovercenter.com.

If you can’t afford MobileMe to track your iPhone fully, you can purchase the Undercover iPhone application for $4.99.

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iPhone Now Offers Home Security

Now having a security system in the home is a must, but it does not do the user very much good when they are not home and something happens. The house could be getting broken into and the system could be wailing away, but the robbers are in and out before anything happens. The phone rings in earnest as the security company tries to call to see if everything is alright, but nobody is home.

That is a regularly occurring theme, but the iPhone now has an app that can keep the user in touch with their home security system and notify them of any breaches or alerts that are taking place. Protection One, Inc has released a new app for the iPhone that allows the user to gain direct access to their security panels. The program uses a series of codes and passwords to keep the integrity of the system intact and finally gives people peace of mind about the security of their home when they are not home.

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