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Trojan:iPhoneOS/Adthief.A

First posted on 30 April 2014.
Source: F-Secure

Aliases :

Trojan:iPhoneOS/Adthief.A is also known as Adthief.

Explanation :

Trojan:iPhoneOS/Adthief.A hijacks the advertisement modules used by other installed apps to display its own advertisements.

Technical Details
Trojan:iPhoneOS/Adthief.A is a library that forms part of a development framework used by app developers on jailbroken iOS devices to create new mobile applications. When present, this component silently hijacks various specified advertisement modules of installed apps on the device to display its own advertisements.

Adthief.A only works on jailbroken iOS devices; unmodified devices are not affected.

Last update 30 April 2014

 

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