Friends Kingdom: Re: [iPad] Ouch a real iPad Virus / Ransomware

Apple tighten up the
"lock this device if it gets lost or stolen" protocol. They have smart people who have locked down much harder thing others have failed to.

On Sat, May 31, 2014 at 5:18 AM, 'David H. Bailey' dhbailey52@comcast.net [iPad] <iPad@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

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?

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David H. Bailey
dhbailey@davidbaileymusicstudio.com
http://www.davidbaileymusicstudio.com