US Apple Inc 2015 Malware Attack (Q12036)
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A data breach risk event
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US Apple Inc 2015 Malware Attack
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A data breach risk event
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January 2015
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Newly discovered malware is believed to have stolen the login credentials of more than 225,000 iPhone users. The compromise of such a large number of accounts makes KeyRaider, as the new stream of malware is being christened, one of the most damaging pieces of malware ever discovered in the Apple universe. At the same time, however, KeyRaider, first publicized by security pros at Palo Alto Software in cooperation with peers from the WeiPhone tech team, only impacts people who have jailbroken their phones (that is, used special software to remove various restrictions that Apple normally puts in place) and downloaded software from the Cydia app repository. IPhones that have not been jailbroken are not vulnerable to this particular malware. Most iPhone users can, therefore, breathe easily. B (English)
