Yesterday , history was made in iphone books. Thousands of iPhone users in Australia woke up to a rude shock of seeing 1980s pop idol Rick Astley’s picture on their phone. It comes with a message “Ikee is never going to give you up”, in reference to the idol’s song “Never gonna give you up”

The worm was created by 21 year ld student Ashley Towns. He is said to have created the worm to create awareness of the security flaws in the user’s iphone.

Currently, it seems like the worm only affects iPhones which has been “jail broken” (In which user’s phone operating system is changed to allow them to run any software), and users who did not change their default password of “alpine”

Thankfully, the worn does not major harm and is not malicious. But it has sure done it’s job of warning users to be careful with the security of their iPhones.