Active “WireLurker” iPhone infection ushers in new era for iOS users

Ars Technica
By Dan GoodinNov 6, 2014, 3:07 pm606 pts
Carrrrrlos Ushering in a new threat landscape for iPhone users, security researchers have uncovered an active malware operation that compromised the OS X and iOS devices of hundreds of thousands of people. WireLurker, as the new family of malware has been dubbed, first took hold of Macs when users installed…

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