First ever iOS trojan discovered — and it’s stealing Face ID data to break into bank accounts
(www.tomsguide.com)
from L4s@lemmy.world to technology@lemmy.world on 16 Feb 2024 02:00
https://lemmy.world/post/12011135
from L4s@lemmy.world to technology@lemmy.world on 16 Feb 2024 02:00
https://lemmy.world/post/12011135
First ever iOS trojan discovered — and it’s stealing Face ID data to break into bank accounts::The GoldDigger trojan has been ported to iOS and is now being used to harvest facial recognition data to break into iPhone owners’ bank accounts.
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It’s not stealing anything because Apple revoked the developer certificate for this app.
It also required the user to “sideload” the app as part of device management enrollment. Not something the average user would be doing.
Tom’s Guide has shit reporting. This was the same site that repeated the bogus DDoS smart toothbrushes story. And they’re at it again with more sensationalism.
From something more reputable:
More from bleeping computer:
Now, don’t get me wrong, you should take malware and social engineering attacks seriously. But get your information from sites that do real security journalism.
If you have to con someone into installing an MDM profile, it’s probably just easier to con them into handing over their credit card info.
Also, this is not the first time a Trojan hit iOS. It is rare, but it has happened before. Example: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XcodeGhost