Earlier this week , the cyberspace was up in arms about a new Io exposure , dubbed ‘ Masque Attack ’ , that was strike by security firm FireEye . Apple havereleased a statement to iMorepointing out that Masque Attack is n’t really a flaw at all , and that it ’s ‘ not aware ’ of anyone who ’s actually been affected by the attack .
As described by the researchersin a blog postwith the hyberbolic title “ all your apps belong to us ” , ‘ Masque Attack ’ allows assailant to create a fake variant of a lawful app , which sit on top of the real app and syphon off data without the exploiter point out . Sounds scarey , correct ? Not really . See , the ‘ attack ’ requires the user to first follow a dodgy - looking link , then click past an iOS pop up - up admonish hoi polloi about downloading malicious apps . Not to mention , the hacker needs access to an iOS Developer Enterprise Program account . As Apple said :
“ We designed OS X and iOS with built - in security safeguards to help oneself protect customer and warn them before instal potentially malicious software , ” an Apple spokesperson told iMore . “ We ’re not cognisant of any customers that have actually been bear upon by this onrush . We further customer to only download from trusted informant like the App Store and to pay attention to any warning as they download apps . enterprisingness users installing usage apps should set up apps from their company ’s secure website . ”
If we pretend that ignoring the build - in safeguards and then downloading dodgy apps is a security flaw , then every individual major operating system , Mobile River or otherwise , has a security flaw . The only worrying part about the ‘ Masque Attack ’ is that legit third - company apps can be compromised . But frankly , it ’s not anything to worry about .
If anything , this try that with the right marketing , almost anything can be spun into a security defect these days . [ iMore ]
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