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Posted on 11/14/2014 1:41:29 PM PST by Swordmaker
Nov 13 (Reuters) - The U.S. government warned iPhone and iPad users on Thursday to be on the alert for hackers who may exploit a vulnerability in Apple Inc's iOS operating system that would enable them to steal sensitive data.
There was the potential for hacks using a newly identified technique known as the "Masque Attack," the government said in an online bulletin from the National Cybersecurity and Communications Integration Center and the U.S. Computer Emergency Readiness Teams. . .
Apple said in an emailed statement to Reuters.
"We designed OS X and iOS with built-in security safeguards to help protect customers and warn them before installing potentially malicious software. We're not aware of any customers that have actually been affected by this attack," Users should not click "Install" from pop-ups when surfing the web. If iOS flashes a warning that says "Untrusted App Developer, users should click on "Don't Trust" and immediately uninstall the app. . ."
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Isn’t this the same government they told us healthcare.gov was safe?
F U B O!
It's the same one with the huge data collection and processing centers.
“If iOS flashes a warning that says “Untrusted App Developer, users should click on “Don’t Trust” and immediately uninstall the app. . .”
Well, DUH!
From the same government that said “If you like your doctor, you can keep your doctor”.
From the same government that said there’s not a smidgen of corruption in the IRS.
Just ask Sharyl Attkisson about how the Obama regime PUT malware, trojans and other spy and hacking tools on all her Apple products without her knowledge.
It’s ironic that this regime now ‘warns’ us of a ‘vulnerability’ when they clearly are the authors of whatever hack was used to access her systems and iPhones.
F.U.D or not?
Oh, it's FUD.
From the same Government that said that containing an ebola outbreak would cause it to spread?
It was not a digital invasion by malware sent remotely. It certainly did not invade her computer via an email she clicked on. That is just not possible on an OS X Mac. There is no evidence her iPhones were invaded.
INVAR, Whoever compromised Sharyl Attkisson's Apple computer had physical access at her HOUSE. We know this because they had installed an unauthorized high-speed fiber channel Internet cable into her house while she was not home!
When you have physical access to a computer you can do pretty much anything you want to that computer.
Unless she had taken specific steps to lock the ability of her Mac to change the Admin password, something only very knowledgable OS X users know how to do, they could have gotten access from the keyboard once they had physical possession of the computer for ten minutes and installed anything they wanted. From what I have read, she was not even running as a Standard User. . . and was running her Mac as an Administrator User. Not Smart.
Whoever compromised her computer could have installed hidden radio chips (possible, but apparently they didn't), secreted classified files (They did!), and installed commercial key loggers and monitoring software (they did that also.) I could do it. I could have locked them and anyone else out of her computer from accessing her files and software just as easily but NOT her hardware. . . and encrypted it so they could not have read anything on it. She did not do any of that. However, had they installed hardware. . . then, as soon as she logged on with her password and unlocked the encryption, they would have have her passwords, and ACCESS to all her data.
Her investigators did find malware in her email caches. . . but it was WINDOWS malware. . . something that could not have invaded her OS X Mac. That was the source of her statements about the invasion coming from her clicking on an email. Apple Macs cannot ever be infected by anything in an email for several reasons. First because email is run in a sandbox, secondly the mail memory locations are in non-Executable RAM where any applications or scripts cannot run. Thirdly, any attachments have to be downloaded by the user from the email to the downloads folder before they can be opened. Finally, OS X itself uses xProtect, a built in Apple malware protection system that warns users if they download, install, or attempt to run any malware that can effect their OS X Mac.
Note that there are hardware key loggers that can be installed in either the USB cable connecting the keyboard to the computer or in the keyboard itself. I've seen them. However, I suspect any hardware they would have added would have been interior to the computer itself. . . but most likely they merely accessed her computer by software through having physical access, and adding what they wanted. Much easier and quicker.
Hell, INVAR, I know a way that a classified file could be sent to anyone that could wind up on any computer that is likely to remain there until until I wanted to find it, just by regular email, IF I knew that person was not religious about deleting their email daily. Even if they were, it is likely I could get that classified data onto their computer and convince them to keep it!
Don’t worry. IOS 8.1 doesn’t run long enough to catch a bug. Can’t wait until they fix it. Hear that Apple? Ya all paying attention. My iPad locks up more than any windows machine I have ever owned. Worked quite well until I updated to iOS 8. The fix, iOS 8.1 is even worse. Apple, ua hearing this?
Neither mine nor my girlfriends has ever locked up. Which model iPad are you using, Nuc? Mine is the first model iPad Air. Hers is an iPad 3. Neither of our iPhone 6s or her work iPhone 4s has locked up either.
Have you force quit your iPad at least once since doing the upgrades? That's done by holding the power button and the home buttons for at least twenty seconds until the system turns off. Then turn it back on with the power button.
Glad for you my friend. I have a 16 gig iPad II. I was quite pleased with iOS 6 and its derivatives. Didn’t like iOS 7 mostly due to the skin. But iOS 8 has been ...shall we say unfriendly. I will try your fix. I wonder... perhaps I am out of memory? Hmmm...
That's a possibility too. Check for your apps you have running. Then go into "Settings"/"General"/"Usage"/Storage-"Manage Storage" and see what your apps are actually are using up. the big things are usually "Photos & Camera" then larger apps and on mine "iBooks". Photos you can export to iPhoto on your computer or to the iCloud, but Apps you tap right in the list and you can delete them there. "Atlas.app" takes 1.4GB and "InfinityBlade2.app" is 1.2GB on my iPad. Delete as needed to make room.
I it seems to be working better following the cold reboot. I have 12 gig and change memory available. Guess we will see how it works. Thanks so much for the help. Nuc 1
Glad to be of help, Nuc 1. . . now let's go out and zap some Libs.
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