im worried that i downloaded malware onto my current iphone X and my past iphone SE. Neither were jailbroken but i did download something off the web. Im worried that when i downloaded a spoofed version of pokemon go and im worried that i might have given a hacker access to my phone. Is this possible? could it give a hacker access to my photos or camera because of a web download? any advice would be appreciated i am very worried
belela777 wrote:
so just to make sure i understand i can only download malware if my phone was jailbroken?
You can download malware regardless of whether your iPhone was jailbroken. It's quite rare, but there's a big business in breaches. And some folks here are targets—dissidents, political activists, senior politicians, and those with access to sensitive information or extensive wealth.
Here, you can continue to focus on whatever happened (and that's far from clear to me), or you can learn from it and can work to improve the areas where your existing security is weaker.
Passwords and password re-use and password disclosures are a larger risk for most (all?) of us than might be the (unlikely) chance you've actually managed to be targeted by some malware.
I'd encourage enabling two-factor authentication, if not already configured, and here is some additional related reading around better-securing your whole environment:
Checklist: If you want to see if anyone else has access to your device or accounts - Apple Support
Checklist: If you want to make sure no one else can see your location - Apple Support
Checklist: If you want to stop sharing with someone whom you previously shared with - Apple Support
Device and Data Access when Personal Safety is At Risk
Here you go, Deggie.
Arbitrary remote code execution on iPad and iPhone, per Apple.
Which is about as bad as it gets.
Time to patch, y'all.
thankyou this answer is helpful, ti be honest im not sure exactly how i did it but that might have been it. Can i ask if i actually did download something malicious could they access my camera when the app wasnt open?
thankyou this is very helpful! I just have one more question would that app (malicious or malware or not) have been able to access my camera when not open? like could someone spy on me or record mw that way?
deggie wrote:
That is a lot of nice links but does not answer my question.
Yes, it does.
Just not the answer you want.
Malware is a business, and a big one.
Want to see what malware is available?
That’s posted retroactively, within many if not most of the Apple security patch releases.
thankyou for your answer. It was an app and i probably just gave it an email address. My concern is more if downloading that app gave it access to my personal photos and maybe even my camera
If it was an App which is in the App Store, the only way it could access your photos is if you gave it permission to access your photos.
thats what everyones been saying but i definitely did and i am so confused
so just to make sure i understand i can only download malware if my phone was jailbroken?
Given the latest release please list the current malware that can be downloaded from somewhere on an iPhone bypassing the App Store while not jailbroken?
That is a lot of nice links but does not answer my question.
Yes, I am quite familiar with malware, crime, viruses, etc. And no you did not answer my question, to my satisfaction or otherwise. But that is enough of this in the public forum.
Can’t drive either
Yep, and they immediately patched it. From what I can read it never actually affected any users.
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Depends on what you're hoping for here. Malware, maybe. Virus, not likely unless a phone has been jailbroken. And if someone's phone has been jailbroken, we can't help them anyway.
iphone hacker or virus
