The US government published a cyber alert for smartphone and tablet owners this day, targeting iOS 8 and an extremely dangerous vulnerability for Apple customers. We are talking about the generically named vulnerability Masque Attack, this allows hackers to modify the interface of applications installed in our iDevices to steal data from terminals. The vulnerability affects both jailbroken and non-jailbroken iDevices, and in this idea the US government is warning you citizens about the enormous iOS 8 security issue.
According to Reuters, the US government recommends that users of Apple products with iOS 8 install applications only from the App Store and do not accept alerts sent by various websites that are accessed through Safari. The reality is that the problem is a major one for Apple and there is a chance that it has delayed the release iOS 8.1.1 to fix this important vulnerability, but we will learn more in the coming period. In the meantime, I recommend you not to access App Store links from unknown websites, because they may infect your terminals and you will lose data or accounts of Facebook, Twitter or other websites.
