Phony iPhone Upgrade Hides Malware

[HardOCP News]

iPhone users beware, there is a fake firmware update out there that contains a Trojan.

This Trojan claims to be a tool used to prepare the device for an upgrade to firmware version 1.1.3," the US-CERT advisory said. "When a user installs the Trojan, other application components are altered. If the Trojan is uninstalled, the affected applications may also be removed."

 

[w1retap]

oh man.. people are developing viruses for Apple products? And phones nonetheless? This is going to get good.

 

[bigk]

Apple computers had "viruses" for a while now, its just been peoples naiveness thinking that Mac is invulnerable to malware.

oh man.. people are developing viruses for Apple products? And phones nonetheless? This is going to get good.

But now finally got to all aspects of Apple products I guess, guess we have come full circle.

 

[Azhar]

PC: Hi, I'm a PC.
Mac: Hi, I'm a.. I'm a... *sob* I'm a PC too!!

 

[Ockie]

Apple computers had "viruses" for a while now, its just been peoples naiveness thinking that Mac is invulnerable to malware.

People to this day still argue with me telling me that Macs can't get viruses.

 

[obviouslytom]

People to this day still argue with me telling me that Macs can't get viruses.

You should go to their house and load up their mac with a virus

 

[Vorazan]

Ha! at Apple people thinking their shit don't stink.