Chinese authorities take down the websites hosting the WireLurker iOS malware, arrests three suspects

* Just two weeks ago, we heard about a malicious software threatening iOS devices, including non-jailbroken ones, brewing in China, called WireLurker. Now, most iOS users were safe from it, mind you, as its only way onto an iDevice was via USB – the malware was attached to apps, which were available for a 3rd party app store in China; in order for one to purchase one such app, they would have to do that via a Mac OS PC, then transfer the app onto their iPhone or iPad.



Still, a malware scare is a malware scare and has to be taken seriously, no matter how unprobable it is to actually get it ... *



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