Malware Alert — Yellowsn0w

Atten­tion iPhone Users

ZDNet News is repor­ting the follo­wing Alert for iPhone Users:

Researchers from Malware-database.net are repor­ting on a newly dis­co­ve­red mal­ware posing as a bogus iPhone unloc­ker, pro­mi­sing a wor­king Firm­ware 2.2.1 yellowsn0w exploit as a social engi­nee­ring tactic.

If you have an iPhone and are loo­king to unlock your device, please be aware of  this alert.  If you find a site that offers this file, please leave the site imme­dia­tely and per­form a virus scan.  The last known address of the site yellowsn0w221.wordpress.com (now down) was full of viru­ses gea­red to turn your PC into a spambot.

Thanks to Dev-Team Blog for the information.