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>Although infections didn’t survive a reboot Reminder to reboot your iPhone at least weekly if you are concerned about this kind of attack.
by I_Am_Nous 3y ago
>Although infections didn’t survive a reboot
Reminder to reboot your iPhone at least weekly if you are concerned about this kind of attack.
- transpute 3y ago> reboot your iPhone at least weekly with the Hard Reset key sequence, https://www.wikihow.com/Hard-Reset-an-iPhone https://www.wikihow.com/Hard-Reset-an-iPhone
- wyre 3y agoSorry for the lay question but what’s the benefit of the hard reset over a general restart?
- transpute 3y ago[dead]
- Mattwmaster58 3y agoLayperson here so just guessing. If not using the hard reset method, the exploit might fake the reboot sequence to maintain its own persistence. AFAIK, a hard reset is built in hardware and thus impossible to fake.
- carleton 3y agoI believe they’re assuming that malware can do a pretend reboot whereas the hardware keystroke can’t be faked.
- x1sec 3y agoIn a week, a lot of data can be exfiltrated. Then after you have rebooted, the threat actor reinfects your device. Frequently rebooting the device can’t hurt but it likely isn’t going to prevent a threat actor from achieving their objectives. The best mitigation we have is to enable lockdown mode.
- transpute 3y agoWhy not both? Lockdown + frequent reboots.
- x1sec 3y agoHow frequent?
- transpute 3y agoDepends on usage and threat models? If one expects their device to be attacked immediately after a forced restart, SIM PIN can stop non-emergency usage of the cellular line, while Apple Configurator can restrict WiFi to a predefined SSID that captures device traffic for forensic analysis.
- HumanOstrich 3y agoNo, they could monitor when devices rebooted and re-infect them immediately, as the article states.