iPhone / iPad: New Security Risks Emerge

2014-11-13 • SEND FEEDBACK |
Related: Apple, Apple iOS, Apple iPhone and iPad, Apple macOS, iOS, security

Everyone, and perhaps especially parents with kids having iOS devices:

U.S. Government Warns iOS Users About 'Masque Attack' Vulnerability

According to Reuters:

Such attacks could be avoided if iPad and iPhone users only installed apps from Apple's App Store or from their own organizations, it said.

Hopefully Apple will take action quickly on this one and Wire Lurker.

Personally, I’d like features in iOS and OS X that shut off big chunks of junk (to me) that I never use. More features = more security holes, an age-old story that only gets worse as operating systems become more complex.