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Has my iPhone6 been infected?

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  • securityguy
    securityguy Posts: 2,464 Forumite
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    Collabora wrote: »
    Well i suggest if you have an iphone check the appstore you will find all the major companies have AV apps for iphones and ipads.


    In fact the major vendors do nothing of the sort: they have "security" products which explicitly don't include AV. Some snake oil vendors package Windows AV products to run on iOS, which purport to scan incoming and outgoing email for viruses you might propagate to other machines. Their claims to do malware-protection on the phone itself are extremely suspect because without jailbreaking the phone, a running application can't access the APIs it needs to do its purported job (the same applies for Android: unless you root your phone, an AV scanner simply can't work).

    The reputable vendors realise this, and you will notice that their iOS security products (which are snake oil enough as it is, really) don't make mention of malware and virus protection for the phone itself. McAfee's product is basically iCloud backup and "Find My Phone":

    http://home.mcafee.com/store/product.aspx?productid=mmsios

    Here's Symantec's product, which again doesn't claim to have an AV:

    http://buy.norton.com/en-au/mf/productDetails/MggKNTIxNjE5A1==/

    And here's Symantec's representative explaining why:

    http://www.symantec.com/connect/forums/norton-mobile-security-ios-missing-av

    Here's Kaspersky getting the FUD out:

    http://betanews.com/2014/06/24/kaspersky-lab-uncovers-new-android-and-ios-spying-tools/

    But whoops, look in the small print, "For RCS to infect an iPhone it needs to be jailbroken, but Kaspersky warns that non-jailbroken iPhones can become vulnerable too. An attacker can run a jailbreaking tool like 'Evasi0n' via a previously infected computer and conduct a remote jailbreak, followed by the infection."

    Let's wait until there's the slightest evidence that's actually happening, eh?
  • Collabora
    Collabora Posts: 1,360 Forumite
    well i have just contacted all the major players and Apple to say they are all lying because MSE say they are
  • espresso
    espresso Posts: 16,448 Forumite
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    Collabora wrote: »
    well i have just contacted all the major players and Apple to say they are all lying because MSE say they are

    Stop throwing your toys out of the pram and posting crap, you have zero credibility on here!
    :doh: Blue text on this forum usually signifies hyperlinks, so click on them!..:wall:
  • gjchester
    gjchester Posts: 5,741 Forumite
    wealdroam wrote: »
    I don't have an iphone, but is it possible for a non-jailbroken iphone to download apps from anywhere but the official app store?

    No. If its not jailbroken you can only see Apples store.

    Jailbreaking removes a lot of Apples security, and if you jailbreak a phone and install form a 3rd party store then there is the risk of malware, not really as a virus more because you choose to run it.

    But back to this case the WireLurker exploit only worked if you had a downloaded a pirated infected app from a 3rd Chinese party store, run that infected app on a Mac and then connected your iPhone by cable to that infected Mac. It was unusual in that the phone DID NOT need to be jail broken, but the precursors meant it was not widespread, and soon disabled by Apple changing the certificates the exploit relied on.

    Back on topic and you currently cannot infect an Iphone by opening an attachment, will you in the future, who knows, the bounty on breaking IOS is in the tens thousands, verses the tens for finding a vulnerability in flash, suggesting the criminals want to work out a way to infect IOS, but currently cannot.
  • gjchester wrote: »
    No. If its not jailbroken you can only see Apples store.

    To be pedantic, the Developer Enterprise program allows companies to develop and host their own 'in house' apps, and these are not installed from the Apple app store.

    The company i work for gives us iPhones and we have access to a sort of private app store where the company developed apps install from.

    I believe they do have to pay a licensing fee to Apple and I guess the produced apps are certified as a result of this.

    But for your average user, the Apple app store is all you will get.
  • gjchester
    gjchester Posts: 5,741 Forumite
    But for your average user, the Apple app store is all you will get.

    True, but I was trying not to over complicate it...
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