Friday 7 November 2014

How to check whether your jailbroken iOS devices is infected by WireLurker malware

Yesterday, a research paper brought to light a new
malware called ‘WireLurker’ that is infecting iOS
devices and Macs in China. The malware can infect
both jailbroken and non-jailbroken devices when
connected to an infected Mac through USB.
If you’re jailbroken, you can easily check if you’ve
been infected with WireLurker by following these
steps:
Open iFile or SSH into your iOS device.
Navigate to /Library/MobileSubstrate/
DynamicLibraries
If you see a file called sfbase.dylib then you likely
are infected. If not, then you’re safe.
Apple issued a statement on WireLurker this morning
saying that it is blocking apps that are identified to be
the source of this malware, and added that users
should only install Mac and iOS apps from trusted
sources.
While the intentions of this malware are not yet known,
it could siphon off your personal and private data to
third-party servers for malicious use.

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