Dubai, United Arab Emirates - Thursday, November 6th 2014 [ME NewsWire]

Palo Alto Networks® (NYSE: PANW), the leader in enterprise security, today announced discovery of a new family of Apple OS X and iOS malware exhibiting characteristics unseen in any previously documented threats targeting Apple platforms. This new family, dubbed WireLurker, marks a new era in malware across Apple’s desktop and mobile platforms, representing a potential threat to businesses, governments and Apple customers worldwide.

Among its defining characteristics, WireLurker represents:

    The first known malware family that can infect installed iOS applications similar to how a traditional virus would
    The first in-the-wild malware family that can install third-party applications on non-jailbroken iOS devices through enterprise provisioning
    Only the second known malware family that attacks iOS devices through OS X via USB
    The first malware family to automate generation of malicious iOS applications through binary file replacement

Palo Alto Networks has released signatures to detect all WireLurker Command & Control communication traffic. It is recommended that customers using OS X or iOS devices deploy a strict policy for blocking WireLurker traffic using the Palo Alto Networks enterprise security platform.

QUOTE:

    "WireLurker is unlike anything we’ve ever seen in terms of Apple iOS and OS X malware. The techniques in use suggest that bad actors are getting more sophisticated when it comes to exploiting some of the world’s best-known desktop and mobile platforms. As such we have provided full protection to Palo Alto Networks customers and published a detailed report so others can assess the risk and take appropriate measures to protect themselves.”

- Saeed Agha, General Manager - Middle East, Palo Alto Networks

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            http://tiny.cc/PAN_PR_ME

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