Security researchers at Palo Alto Networks Unit 42 on Wednesday announced they had discovered in the wild a method of infecting nonjailbroken iPhones with malware by exploiting design flaws in Apple’s digital rights management technology. The flaw has been exploited since 2013 largely as a means to pirate iOS software, but this is the first time it’s been used to infect iPhones with malware, researcher Claud Xiao said. “This is a fairly sophisticated attack,” said Steve Kelly, president of Intego.
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Malware Exploits Apple DRM to Infect iPhones
Posted by: John P. Mello Jr. March 19, 2016 10:00 AMSecurity researchers at Palo Alto Networks Unit 42 on Wednesday announced they had discovered in the wild a method of infecting nonjailbroken iPhones with malware by exploiting design flaws in Apple’s digital rights management technology. The flaw has been exploited since 2013 largely as a means to pirate iOS software, but this is the first time it’s been used to infect iPhones with malware, researcher Claud Xiao said. “This is a fairly sophisticated attack,” said Steve Kelly, president of Intego.