Mac OS Ken: 11.07.2014

Mac OS Ken

Ken Ray

Technology

4.7 • 996 Ratings

🗓️ 7 November 2014

⏱️ 19 minutes

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0:35.0	Apple cuts the wire lurker.
0:40.0	A look at phones and tablets and Max, oh my.
0:43.0	And an interesting mobile move from Microsoft.
0:46.0	It's Friday, November 7, 2014.
0:49.0	I'm Ken Ray, and this is news from Maco West Can, brought to you by yours truly and supported
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1:08.7	Apple is moved to thwart the WireLerker malware.
1:12.0	Midweek this week, Palo Alto Networks researchers outlined the threads.
1:16.8	WireLerker was getting on to the max of users in China, apparently using one particular
1:21.2	third-party download site.
1:24.0	Once on the Mac it would lurk, waiting for a user to plug in an iOS device.
1:30.0	Once an iPhone or iPad or some such was connected, malware would be loaded onto the I thing.
1:35.5	From there it could in theory steal info from the target device's address book, read I messages,
1:40.8	and request instructions from the command and control server of the
1:44.1	attackers. While all of that sounds fairly typical for attacks that target
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