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Apple iOS Threats Fewer Than Android But More Deadly
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Joe Stanganelli
Joe Stanganelli,
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6/25/2017 | 6:07:36 PM
Re: Article is unclear - seems mostly Pradeo talking points

Well, to be fair, the article is an overview/feature of a much more in-depth study.

Fortunately, it appears that the study/report can be accessed here: pradeo.com/en-US/datasheet/mobile-applications-threats-review-S12017

Joe Stanganelli
Joe Stanganelli,
 User Rank: Ninja
6/25/2017 | 6:04:29 PM
iOS security
What's interesting is that a 2015 study based on federal gov't data indicated that 96% of exploits were for Android -- whereas Apple operating systems (both OSX and iOS) had the most reported vulnerabilities of any operating systems by far. That combined with this data implies interesting lessons about patch management, as well as about "M&M security" (i.e., "hard on the outside, soft in the middle").

IOS generally has an excellent walled garden (well, excellent from a security perspective (if not so much a developer perspective) for the reasons here described -- particularly when compared with Android -- but it's important to not bet everything on that outer shell. For its part, at least, it appears that Apple is responsive about patching (even if the company is often too quick to release major updates).
PWA-web
PWA-web,
 User Rank: Apprentice
6/23/2017 | 11:17:58 AM
Re: Article is unclear - seems mostly Pradeo talking points
Yes, you're right !
KaylaW244
KaylaW244,
 User Rank: Apprentice
6/22/2017 | 1:03:36 AM
Re: Article is unclear - seems mostly Pradeo talking points
A compromised iOS system can allow data leakage and corruption to occur
SchemaCzar
SchemaCzar,
 User Rank: Strategist
6/21/2017 | 11:55:10 AM
Article is unclear - seems mostly Pradeo talking points
The key graphs in this article describe only those applications exhibiting malicious or intrusive behaviors.  This offers no assistance to the administrator.  What are the raw numbers of such applications on each platform?  How many are in each platform's App Store?  Is Pradeo including apps for jailbroken iOS devices, or back-revved versions of iOS?

If at most 1% of iOS applications exhibit malicious or intrusive behaviors, then we are talking about effectively no problem at all.  The fact that 67.2% of 1% leak or corrupt data is trivial.

' "What is interesting is that the iOS does not have the same degree of problems as Android," says Vivien Raoul, Pradeo's chief technology officer, of the findings. ' - yes, very interesting, and we need numbers!  How much more hazardous is Android, or how much safer is iOS?

Regrettably the net is that this article conveys no actionable information.


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