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China takes down WireLurker iOS malware sites – three suspects arrested

A few weeks back, we came across reports of an iOS malware that affected both non-jailbroken and jailbroken iPhones and iPads. The source of the malicious software called WireLurker came from China, and now the Chinese government has taken down sites that have WireLurker-attached apps and arrested three suspects.

The news comes to us courtesy of Chinese-speaking micro-blogging site Weibo.…

Chinese authorities nab ‘WireLurker’ malware creators

The Beijing Municipal Bureau of Public Security has announced Chinese authorities have arrested and charged three individuals with developing and operating the Web sites responsible for the recent “WireLurker” malware attacks on Apple’s iOS systems.

The threat, which was found earlier this month, allowed hackers to install malware on iOS devices by way of vulnerabilities in Apple’s enterprise…

How to protect yourself from ‘Masque Attacks’ that replace iOS apps with malware

Following the recent finding of the widespread WireLurker malware that allows an infected system to hijack iOS applications and replace contents to convert them into malicious programs, security researchers at FireEye have found a flaw in iOS that similarly allows apps to be replaced with malware programs.

This vulnerability uses the same enterprise provisioning routines that are used by…

Apple clamps down on Wirelurker

Apple clamps down on Wirelurker

Its the malware that broke through the iPhone’s perfect safety record. iPhone fans have long pointed towards the rampant spread of malware on Android as one of the problems that they do not face on their Apple smartphones. Wirelurker is a new malware that broke through the iPhone’s...