[for-q-clinton]

Interesting. Apple defense force swarm to this thread to confuse the idiots that think that Apple is immune from malware.

[RJS1950]

Maybe someone needs to quickly let Rush and the other fanboys know about this. After all, iOS is and has always been so secure. </sarcasm>

[bubbacluck]

If one follows common sense and doesn’t download third party software and doesn’t open unknown links from email they won’t get this virus.

[zeugma]

Again, the rule of thumb to be learned here, is to install applications through Apple, not other "vendors".

It's interesting that there have been no threads posted about this threat. "Microsoft Patches OLE Zero Day, Recommends EMET 5.1 Before Applying IE Patches". I imagine that yet another bug already being exploited is not as 'newsworthy' as a theoretical attack against Apple users.

[BullDog108]

FUD ping!

[Swordmaker]

This vulnerability has been covered on FreeRepublic in full in. Apple has closed this door which is not much of a threat:

WireLurker, Masque Attack malware only a threat for users who disable Apple's iOS, OS X security

Apple iOS bug makes devices vulnerable to attack: experts

And it basically was a trojan that NO ONE HAS BEEN HIT BY. . . and requires a victim to do some things that no one does anymore. The concatenation of events to exploit this so-called vulnerability, which is just the ability of any device to install an app, including jailbreaking one's iOS device toet hit is absurd. No one is at all threatened by this "vulnerability."

Apple added the OS X trojan variation to xProtect within 24 hours (days ago) and every connected Internet Mac is now protected from it.

To avoid this problem is quite simple

1. Don't turn off the built in security in OS X or iOS.
2. Don't jail break your iOS device!
3. Don’t install apps from third-party sources (untrusted app stores which cannot be done on an unjailbroken iOS device anyway!) other than Apple’s official App Store or the user’s own corporate organization.
4. When opening an app, if iOS shows an alert with “Untrusted App Developer”, as shown in Figure 3, click on “Don’t Trust” and uninstall the app immediately
5. In other words, Don't be stupid.

This article and others like it are essentially FUD. This is conflating the ability to install apps into a vulnerability and trying to gin up fear, uncertainty, and doubt. FUD PING!.

Apple Security FUD Ping!

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