Previously, an unknown “Trojan” - a virus that kidnapping data from the photographs stored on the device - was found on the iPhone. This was written by the newspaper Vedomosti, referring to the Kaspersky laboratory specializing in cybersecurity.
There, the new virus was called Sparkcat. The company claims that infection with the virus occurs through malicious applications that are masked for other popular programs and are available for download in the AppStore. So, according to the Kaspersky Laboratory, at least 20 fake instant messengers, AISSTRA, crypto-rhinom customers and food delivery were found in the application store, the use of which leads to “Trojan” infection.
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The company added that malicious applications were downloaded from the AppStore almost 250 thousand times. They also said that after downloading and starting, fake applications request access to the photo. Having received it, the virus analyzes the text on the images in the user gallery. In case of keywords, the virus sends a picture to attackers.
According to Kaspersky Laboratory, the main goal of the detected virus is to detect and kidnap the code phrases to restore access to cryptocurrencies, with which you can access the victims stored in the cryptocurrency. In addition, the virus can steal passwords and other data that may be contained, for example, on stored screenshots.
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The company emphasized that the detection of Sparkcat is the first known case when applications available for download in the official AppStore are infected with the malicious program. According to Dmitry Kalinin’s cybersecurity laboratory expert Dmitry Kalinin, this “destroys the stereotypes that there are no malicious applications for iOS, and Android-grossing is not relevant for the owners of Apple devices.”
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