225,000 Apple accounts stolen by malware on jailbroken iPhones

Stefan Mileschin · 2nd September 2015, 18:52

Got a jailbroken iPhone with the Cydia app store installed? Better watch out. Approximately 225,000 Apple accounts have been stolen by malware hidden in untrusted Cydia repositories. The malware and the account information were discovered by researchers from Palo Alto Networks, with help from WeipTech, a group of technically-minded enthusiasts. Palo Alto Networks believes this is the largest theft of Apple accounts ever caused by malware.

The researchers call the malware family KeyRaider, and they've uncovered 92 variants of the bad apps. As far as the team can tell, KeyRaider only spreads through Cydia repositories from Weiphone , one of the largest Apple fan websites in China, ...

http://techreport.com/news/28953/225...broken-iphones

2nd September 2015, 18:52	#1
Stefan Mileschin [M] Reviewer Join Date: May 2010 Location: Romania Posts: 148,578	225,000 Apple accounts stolen by malware on jailbroken iPhones Got a jailbroken iPhone with the Cydia app store installed? Better watch out. Approximately 225,000 Apple accounts have been stolen by malware hidden in untrusted Cydia repositories. The malware and the account information were discovered by researchers from Palo Alto Networks, with help from WeipTech, a group of technically-minded enthusiasts. Palo Alto Networks believes this is the largest theft of Apple accounts ever caused by malware. The researchers call the malware family KeyRaider, and they've uncovered 92 variants of the bad apps. As far as the team can tell, KeyRaider only spreads through Cydia repositories from Weiphone , one of the largest Apple fan websites in China, ... http://techreport.com/news/28953/225...broken-iphones

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