iPhone Safari Browser Highjacked/Redirected

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iPhone Safari Browser Highjacked/Redirected

I have an iPhone 4 running the latest iOS 6.0.1 update. As of the weekend when I attempt to browse to certain URLs using Safari, the page gets redirected to a different page. I have Cleared my history, Cookies/Cache, turned JavaScript OFF, turned Airplane mode ON & OFF, Powered my phone ON/OFF, turned all background apps off but this still keeps occurring!!

On the weekend the phone did get used to visit an escort site as I was at a stag party so I am not sure if they embedded something but it should have been cleared with the Cache/Cookies/History??

The one URL that always redirects is www.americanmustacheinstitute.org. It goes to either to:

http://brasiltrk.com/jva1/ OR

http://m.textdating.ca/index_adult.php?usrcty=1&keyword=IFRAII&info=USRCTY31839

I do not have this issue when I use my SkyFire browser app, it goes to the americanmustacheinstitute.org site without any problems. The redirecting happens in my Safari & ReaddleDocs app.

Please help as I am not sure what could be causing this since Apple is supposed to be free of Virus' or other mailicous attacks but this seems like some sort of highjacking as it is redirecting certain URLs. There must be some vulnerbility in iOS 6 that is allowing this??

Posted on Nov 15, 2012 6:54 PM

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sidhusir Author

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Nov 20, 2012 12:22 AM in response to sidhusir

Is there anyone out there? Bueller? Bueller?

I will add some more notes about what is occuring. When I try to log into my Apple Support account from my iPhone 4, the screen just returns back to the empty login screen again. The same thing happens when i try to login to LinkedIn!! I logged into my Apple account from my home computer (just as i have now) & i found an extra email account listed in my account that does not belong to me!! This is pretty serious stuff! I almost feel like disabling my phone because I have not idea what other information is being stolen off my device!! I have obviously changed my passwords for those 2 accounts! This all seems to have occurred from browsing some site called backpage.com & going to a couple of escort sites from there as we were trying to find some entertainment for a stag. Nothing very serious in terms of offensive sites as backpage is like Craigslist!

Another thing that I would also like to point out is that I was I was able to re-load or re-install an App that I had previously purchased but deleted off of my phone without ever having to enter in my AppleID password from the App Store - Purchased Apps section!! That to me just shows that there are definitely some vulnerabilites with iOS 6 that no one seems to want to admit!!

I am a software developer so I am very competent using computers and software and this is just very disturbing to know my information may be getting hacked!! On my PC i would be able to use a packet sniffer program to see the trafic on my device but i am not aware of any such tools for the iPhone.

Any help or advice would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks!!

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