[Jonty30]

I’m just wondering why Swordmaker doesn’t post such articles.

[MeganC]

I remember how all the Apple owners used to sneer about how they didn’t get viruses or malware. Anymore it seems that hacking Apple devices is the last great frontier for hackers.

[ImJustAnotherOkie]

Who would have thought that a change in software distribution methods could be exploited for illgotten booty?

[Fresh Wind]

FUD FUD FUD FUD FUD.

[bigbob]

Not Swordmaker? Can we talk naught about Apple on this thread?

[13foxtrot]

From the FireEye site:

iOS users can protect themselves from Masque Attacks by following three steps:

1) Don’t install apps from third-party sources other than Apple’s official App Store or the user’s own organization.

2) Don’t click “Install” on a pop-up from a third-party web page, as shown in Figure 1(c), no matter what the pop-up says about the app. The pop-up can show attractive app titles crafted by the attacker

3) 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

http://www.fireeye.com/blog/technical/cyber-exploits/2014/11/masque-attack-all-your-ios-apps-belong-to-us.html

[Swordmaker]

Totally stupid article claiming that IF you can be persuaded to install a malicious TROJAN on your iPhone or iPad from a 3rd party app store, something that is ONLY DONE WITH JAIL BROKEN iOS devices, a hacker can steal your data. . . well, DUH!

Exactly HOW are they planning on getting these "malicious apps" onto an un-jailbroken iPhone and iPad? Apple will not permit them on the Apple curated App store. This is FUD! – PING!

Apple FUD security article Ping!

If you want on or off the Mac Ping List, Freepmail me.

[Swordmaker]

"For WireLurker to deliver its payload, the user must install untrusted applications on a Mac; for Masque, an iOS user must install an enterprise provisioning profile," said Joe Abbey, director of software engineering at Arxan.

"In both cases, the user may be incentivized to trust the malware," he told TechNewsWorld. "Either they are offered free pirated software or otherwise misled to accept a certificate." — Researchers shine Spotlight on OS X/ios Masque Attack | Malware — TechNewsWorld, 11/12/2014

It is FUD.