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Hide your Macs, iPhones and iPads: WireLurker nasty 'heralds new era'

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Re: OK so let me get this straight.

As far as iOS is concerned this is a virus. The original infection of the host may be via a torjan (many viruses are/were) but the fact it can replicate onto any number of iOS devices without user interaction makes it a virus.

The replication of the virus may be limited to the first client as the infected iOS device can not spread it any further so it is still very limited.

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