Masque Attack is the most dangerous malware discovered for the iOS platform in recent years, and after a warning issued by the US government to customers Apple Lossless Audio CODEC (ALAC),, the American company makes the first statements about this issue. Apple claims that there are currently no customers affected by this extremely dangerous malware, this despite the collective fear of him. Moreover, Apple claims that both iOS and OS X have security measures in place that can protect users from this type of malware.
We designed OS X and iOS with built-in security safeguards to help protect customers and warn them before installing potentially malicious software... We're not aware of any customers that have actually been affected by this attack. We encourage customers to only download from trusted sources like the App Store and to pay attention to any warnings as they download apps. Enterprise users installing custom apps should install apps from their company's secure website.
Finally, those from Apple recommend users to install applications only from the App Store or from the websites of the companies they are employed by, avoiding unauthorized websites and ignoring alerts issued by entities they do not know. Apple is basically trying to play down the importance of this malware because its existence affects its attempts to sell iDevices to big companies, but that's not the solution. Apple will have to release an update to the iOS operating system to fix this extremely dangerous malware.
Masque Attack is designed to change the interface of any third-party app in the App Store by tricking users into installing an update for it, allowing hackers to steal their Facebook, Twitter, bank details, and more.
