Hackers can mimic iPhone reboots and keep iOS malware installed
 

If only there was a phone with good security

The Tame Apple Press is reeling after a security firm announced it was possible to block and simulate an iOS restart operation.

The technique makes it possible for hackers to keep iOS malware running on an iPhone.

Security firm ZecOps said the technique was important because of the way the iPhone malware landscape has evolved in recent years. In the old days, Apple relied on people to insist that the iPhones were totally secure because no one could be bothered writing hacks to obtain an Apple fanboys U2 and Coldplay collection.

Most iOS malware strains focus on infecting a device, gaining root access, and harvesting and spying on the user until victims restart their iPhones and iPads, after which the attacker tries to infect the victim.

Most security experts have recommended over the past year that users who might be the target of malicious threat actors regularly reboot devices in order to remove backdoors or other implants.

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