iOS Trojan Targets Hong Kong Protestors

Posted by samzenpus on Wednesday October 1, 2014 @06:30AM from the protect-ya-neck dept.

First time accepted submitter Kexel writes Security researchers have claimed to discover the first Apple iOS Trojan attack in a move to thwart the communications of pro-democracy Hong Kong activists. From the article: "The malicious software, known as Xsser, is capable of stealing text messages, photos, call logs, passwords and other data from Apple mobile devices, researchers with Lacoon Mobile Security said on Tuesday. They uncovered the spyware while investigating similar malware for Google Inc's Android operating system last week that also targeted Hong Kong protesters. Anonymous attackers spread the Android spyware via WhatsApp, sending malicious links to download the program, according to Lacoon. It is unclear how iOS devices get infected with Xsser, which is not disguised as an app."

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How is this complicated? by i+kan+reed · 2014-10-01 06:36 · Score: 1, Troll

1. You grab your protestor-beating-nightstick.
2. You walk down to the phone distributor's HQ
3. You say: "You know that software update system you built for your phones? Let us borrow it for a while"
4. If you run into any problems, gesture vaguely at the nightstick from step 1.
Problem solved.