![]() ![]() ![]() If hackers could quietly install a piece of malware on your desktop machine-as opposed to Chinese iPhone owners' voluntary installation of AiSiHelper on their PCs-they might be able to pull off the same Fairplay man-in-the-middle trick to inject malicious apps onto your iPhone, too. Security researchers are more concerned that AceDeceiver's disturbingly clever techniques could be replicated to attack people who weren't already seeking to install unauthorized apps on their phone. ![]() But AceDeceiver has spooked the security community by breaking Apple's security restrictions even on non-jailbroken iPhones. It's not the first time that unsavory developers have taken advantage of the popularity of pirated apps in China to spread nasty code: A piece of password-stealing malware infected 225,000 jailbroken iPhones last year. According to Palo Alto Networks, AiSiHelper has 15 million downloads and 6.6 million active users, and its rogue app installation targets people in mainland China. ![]()
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