First ever iPhone trojan virus has been discovered, and it’s vicious

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A very rare iPhone virus has been discovered: a Trojan that affects iOS users and can be used to break into bank accounts.

Researchers in Asia have discovered a virus designed and aimed at iOS users, an “exceptionally rare occurrence.”

Luckily for South African iPhone users, the virus and victims of it are mostly concentrated in Thailand and Vietnam. Group-IB found the virus while monitoring evolving threats in the Asia-Pacific region. They found a cluster of aggressive banking Trojans, among which was GoldPickaxe.iOS. The virus was apparently spun off from a banking Trojan that only affected Android phones.

“This data combined with ID documents and the ability to intercept SMS, enables cybercriminals to gain unauthorized access to the victim’s banking account – a new technique of monetary theft, previously unseen by Group-IB researchers in other fraud schemes,” Group-IB explains.

 

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