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Backdoor Malware Targets Apple iPad

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the that-didn't-take-long dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Apple iPad users are being warned of an email-borne threat which could give hackers unauthorised access to the device. The threat arrives via an unsolicited email urging the recipient to download the latest version of iTunes as a prelude to updating their iPad software. Apart from opening up a backdoor, it also tries to read the keys and serial numbers of the software installed on the device, and logs the passwords to any webmail, IM or protected storage accounts."

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  1. Wrong wrong wrong... by richy+freeway · · Score: 5, Informative

    This DOESN'T infect the iPad at all. It targets the idiots who bought an iPad but it is a WINDOWS virus.


    See here for further details : http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/04/26/ipad_backdoor/

    1. Re:Wrong wrong wrong... by alphad0g · · Score: 5, Informative

      I concur. Article is incorrect and Slashdot just regurgitated it. At least the blog post by the original author is correct. A Windows trojan - nothing else.

  2. Re:exactly why... by lord_rotorooter · · Score: 5, Informative

    This does not actually affect the IPad but rather is an attack to get Windows users to install an "update" for ITunes. The "update" is malware for Windows and is targeted at people who own an IPad and sync it with Windows.

  3. Re:Write misleading headlines much.. by WrongSizeGlass · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Reminds me of that line from "Absence of Malice" that "everything they said was accurate but none of it was true".