Apple told how to deal with the Masque Attack

A few days ago we wrote the vulnerability in iOS, called the Masque Attack and prevents malicious programs disguised as regular applications and steal data from the device. Today, in an interview with the resource iMore Apple representative commented on the information about the vulnerability.

We have developed an OS X and iOS with built-in safety features to protect polzovteley and warning before you install potentially dangerous software. We do not know of anyone who actually suffered from this attack. We recommend our customers to download applications only from trusted sources, such as the App Store and pay attention to warnings during application download. Business users need to install applications on a protected site of the company.

Recall that the Masque Attack spreads via messages that offer to download any application. After clicking on the link provided in the message a malicious program is downloaded to the device, which replaces the regular application, because of what the malicious program is virtually impossible detect.

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