{"id":5159,"date":"2015-09-04T02:31:27","date_gmt":"2015-09-04T06:31:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kaspersky.co.in\/blog\/?p=5159"},"modified":"2019-11-22T15:38:29","modified_gmt":"2019-11-22T10:08:29","slug":"greatest-ios-theft-ever-who-needs-to-worry-about-keyraider-malware","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kaspersky.co.in\/blog\/greatest-ios-theft-ever-who-needs-to-worry-about-keyraider-malware\/5159\/","title":{"rendered":"Greatest iOS theft ever \u2014 who needs to worry about KeyRaider malware"},"content":{"rendered":"
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While iOS is notorious for being innately secure, headlines over the past three days have challenged that. The noise was brought upon by a \u2018terrible\u2019 KeyRaider hack, which compromised more than 225,000 iPhone accounts<\/a>. Boo!<\/p>\n

The truth is that the vast majority of iPhone and iPad users (almost all of them actually) don\u2019t have to worry about this malware. KeyRaider affects only jailbroken devices<\/a> \u2014 it cannot break in an iPhone if its owner did not hack beforehand himself. Owners of \u2018legal\u2019 Apple devices can take a breather.<\/p>\n

When it comes to Apple devices, you can either accept the limits implied by the manufacturer or jailbreak your device to have greater customization and access to new features. Risks come hand in hand with freedom, which you\u2019ve just acquired, as you are giving malware the same access.<\/p>\n

https:\/\/twitter.com\/flargh\/status\/639142421750792192<\/a><\/p>\n

So don\u2019t jailbreak your iPhone or iPad, or you may end dealing with malware, which has already infected devices from 18 countries, including China, France, Russia, Japan, United Kingdom, United States, Canada, Germany, Australia, Israel, Italy, Spain, Singapore, and South Korea. The majority of the victims are from China.If you still want to jailbreak your device, it does not necessarily mean that you\u2019ll be infected. To catch up with a virus you have to install an app from a third-party Cydia repository. After that your device will be upgraded with a free malware that can steal usernames, passwords and unique device identifiers and send it to a remote server run by malicious hackers.<\/p>\n

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KeyRaider #Malware<\/a> Steals Certs, Keys & Account Data From Jailbroken #iPhones<\/a>: http:\/\/t.co\/RKlDhcJc1m<\/a> via @threatpost<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/IZ90PMfRXx<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Kaspersky (@kaspersky) August 31, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n