(CAMBRIDGE, MA) NOV 10 – THE CYBER SECURITY FIRM FIRE EYE HAS IDENTIFIED A SECURITY VULNERABILITY IN THE APPLE I-PHONE OPERATING SYSTEM USED BY 95-PERCENT OF ALL I-PHONES AND I-PADS.
FOX NEWS RADIO’S BILL MARCUS HAS MORE.
STORER ADDS THAT FIREEYE FOUND THE VULNERABILITY AND THE RESEARCH COMMUNITY THEN VALIDATED THEIR FINDING. HE SAYS IT ENABLES A HACKER TO USE A BOGUS CERTIFICATE TO TRICK AN I-O-S SYSTEM INTO THINKING A MALWARE APP IS LEGITIMATE.
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KYRK STORER, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE SAN FRANCISCO-BASED CYBER SECURITY FIRM FIREEYE, SAYS THE IOS SYSTEM VULNERABILITY HIS FIRM HAS IDENTIFIED WOULD ENABLE MALWARE APPS TO BE INSTALLED REMOTELY. USERS OF IPADS AND IPHONES WHICH USE IOS OPERATING SYSTEMS THEREFORE SHOULD BE VERY CAREFUL ABOUT INSTALLING APPS FROM LINKS EVEN WITH KNOWN ORIGINS…LIKE WORK.