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New WireLurker malware infects Mac OS X and iOS

Posted on November 6th, 2014 at 10:31 AM EST

Palo Alto Networks announced yesterday their discovery of new malware for Mac OS X, which they are calling WireLurker. This malware has been distributed in 467 known pirated apps distributed in China’s Maiyadi App Store (not affiliated with Apple’s Mac App Store). To make matters worse, this malware is known to infect iOS devices that are connected to infected Macs, even if those iOS devices have not been jailbroken!
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