Should I be concerned about a Malware called ACE Deceiver?
MacBook Pro (13-inch Early 2011), OS X El Capitan (10.11), Java update
wait, I take it back
this is the deterrent and this is what the deterrent tells me
this is a total fail by Apple.
if it's iPhones affected I can't imagine it's not iPads or at the very least iPads with cellular as well.
using two factor identification is a viable deterrent to this type of attack
Two-factor authentication for Apple ID - Apple Support
secondly if you may wish to create a longer iCloud password like "create a longer iCloud password".
A password like "P@$$w0R|>" is not a safe as something longer and more complicated to parse open, take a favorite line from a movie or book and don't use that password anywhere else. Others might recommend a password manager, this is something I'm looking into.
so yes, be concerned but having the info is more than half this battle.
econstantine wrote:
According to that article, it appears to target iPhone users. So, if you don't have an iPhone, I don't think you need to worry too much.
According to that same article it only targets iPhone users that update their apps via iTunes on Windows PC's. Plus the malware has only been found in China (for now). 'In its present form, you'd have to be dumb enough to install a Chinese pirate app store in order to have to worry about this,'
econstantine wrote:
Should I be concerned about a Malware called ACE Deceiver?
If you are in China, and if you have downloaded the Aisi Helper app on your Windows PC in order to download and install pirated apps on your iPhone, then you are probably infected. If that's not the case, you're fine, though it's important to realize that the same attack could be perpetrated by some other future malicious app on your Windows PC or Mac. Take extreme caution with everything you download!
If you fit that description and feel you may be infected, at this time, the only way to cure an infected iPhone is to restore it from a backup made prior to the infection taking place, or restore to factory defaults without restoring from any backup. There is no way to scan an iPhone and determine whether it's infected or not.
I know Apple doesn't read these forums but there is no excuse for this under the circumstance.
apparently I got derailed on another exploit.
https://blog.malwarebytes.org/mac/2016/03/an-icloud-scam-that-may-be-worse-than- ransomware/
There's a better and longer writeup on it here.
As stated in the article, “In its current form, this isn’t dangerous except to the exceptionally stupid.”
Should we be concerned about AceDeceiver Malware?
