On 5/30/2014 10:17 PM, Charles Carroll 911@learnasp.com [iPad] wrote:
> http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2014/05/29/apple-ios-ransomware-mystery-deepens-oleg-pliss-pops-up-in-la/
>
> Hopefully Apple will patch quick and remind us why they are security
> superheroes while Windows still is vulnerable to Crypto and ICE and a
> few dozen ransom wares that have been out for over a year.
>
Right in the article is the line:
"seem to involve any malware or malicious activity on the device itself"
I don't understand your heading -- what has happened is neither a virus
nor is it Ransomware. Instead it is a person who has been able to take
control of the iDevice from a remote location through using Apple's own
anti-theft protocol.
Yes it is asking for a ransom, but true ransomware is a piece of
software which is loaded onto your device and then takes control until
you pay the ransom.
This is just a clever person outsmarting Apple's own "lock this device
if it gets lost or stolen" protocol.
How exactly do you expect Apple to patch things so that this can't happen?
--
David H. Bailey
dhbailey@davidbaileymusicstudio.com
http://www.davidbaileymusicstudio.com
Posted by: "David H. Bailey" <dhbailey52@comcast.net>
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