Ondrej Holzman A few days after the discovery of a new potential security threat to iOS devices, Apple responded by saying that it is not aware of any affected users. As protection against technology Masque Attack advises its customers not to install applications from untrusted sources.
"We build OS X and iOS with built-in security protections to help protect our users and warn them against installing potentially malicious software," he said Apple spokesperson for iMore.
"We are not aware of any users being affected by this attack. We encourage users to only download applications from trusted sources such as the App Store and carefully monitor any warnings that pop up when downloading applications. Business users should install their own applications from their companies' secure servers," the California-based company added in a statement.
A technique that replaces the existing application by installing a fake application (downloaded from a third party) and subsequently obtains user data from it has been designated as a Masque Attack. Email applications or internet banking can be attacked.
Masque Attack works on iOS 7.1.1 and later versions of this operating system, however, it can be easily avoided by not downloading applications from unverified websites, as recommended by Apple, but only and exclusively from the App Store, where the malicious the software should not have had a chance to get.
How can you download an application from somewhere other than the AppStore on a non-jailbroken phone?
Using a corporate certificate, it's a way for companies to get their corporate software without it having to be in the AppStore.
You need to use the vShare application or 25pp.