Is Wireluker a serious threat for iOS and MAC users!!!
Propagation methods
Everyone who is familiar with Apple devices knows about its famous walled garden approach.
This approach ensures that users are only allowed access to content regulated by Apple itself.
From a security standpoint, this makes it very difficult for malware to get onto an Apple gadget.
This has primarily been the reason for Apple products being malware resistent.
This malware though, manages to decimate the walled garden.
WireLurker infects iOS devices via a MacBook.
Once it detects an iOS unit, it tries to find out if it is jailbroken or not.
Third Party apps
We mentioned that WireLurker was creating its own means of spreading itself.
It does this by infecting other genuine apps source codes.
The apps affected include well known ones like Angry Birds.
When such apps are infected, the malware is bound to spread far and wide.
These infected apps are not downloaded from the Apple play store but from third-party app stores.
As always, we recommend that users download and install software from trusted sources.
To minimise the risk of attack, we recommend to our users:
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source: www.techworm.net
