![]() Some malware infects iOS devices when they are connected to compromised desktops, but attackers also target jailbroken devices, since their users have access to third-party app stores and the systems has fewer application control policies in place. The main issue is the fact that attackers have few methods of installing malware on iOS devices. IOS devices are also becoming a target for cybercriminals, and 2015 marks a new high in threats discovered for the platform, although the number of such threats remains very small at just 7, Symantec said. ![]() By using more sophisticated malware, attackers can gain remote access to Macs, can steal sensitive information, including banking credentials, and can also encrypt data on infected machines and demand ransom to decrypt it. While the grayware malware features high prevalence, infections usually have a smaller impact, unlike other forms of malware, such as backdoors, infostealers, and Trojans, which have low prevalence by very high impact. These grayware infections accounted for the surge between June 2014 and March 2015, but other forms of malware started to appear in the infections observed over the past few months, O’Brien says After a steady decrease until July, the infections went up again in August.Īccording to Symantec, the increase in infections is based mainly on “grayware”, including adware, potentially unwanted or misleading applications. The number of infections started to increase in June of last year and peaked in March 2015, O’Brien said. In 2015 to date, however, the number of newly detected Mac OS X threats has seen a decrease, despite the fact that more and more Macs are being infected. The growth started in 2010, but started to spike in the recent years, reaching 29 percent in 2012, 44 percent in 2013, and hitting 15 percent in 2014. Threats against Apple’s computers have been steadily increasing over the past four years, Symantec’s Dick O’Brien noted in a recent blog post. ![]() ![]() The number of Mac OS X systems infected with malware during the first nine months of 2015 is seven times higher than in all of 2014, Symantec reports. ![]()
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