Apple iPhone and Spyware
Despite several claims of security vulnerabilities in the Apple iPhone, to date no serious virus programs or spyware have been written for the iPhone. In November 2007, F-Secure predicted that “It’s 80-90% likely that we will see malware targeting the iPhone”. However, about 1 year has passed since that prediction and we are yet to witness a serious virus or spyware that is targeted at the iPhone.
This said, a Trojan horse targeting the iPhone has been discovered. This program targets “jailbroken” iPhones (which have been modified to allow the installation of third-party applications). It causes little harm - it simply prints the word “shoes” to the screen. However, uninstalling it removes certain files from the iPhone’s /bin directory, making it impossible for various applications to function correctly.
More information on this iPhone trojan can be had here: www.macworld.co.uk/