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Re:Mysterious Mac Malware Has Infected Victims for Years by valine on Monday July 24, 2017 @08:12PM (#14843944)
What you linked is basically an elaborate phishing scheme. The exploit allows the installation of non app store apps, but that doesn't mean the installed apps can escape the sandbox. The worst thing it can do is try to trick the user into entering passwords into the app's fields. As far as malware goes it's pretty benign.

There have been a handful of cases of iOS malware over the years, but no serious exploit has been widespread. For an exhaustive list see here: https://www.theiphonewiki.com/wiki/Malware_for_iOS

The most wide spread malicious apps are generally apps that access private apis but manage to get through Apple's review process and onto the App Store. They can be far reaching but again they can't breach the sandbox which means the absolute worst thing they do is upload your email address to some server or try to trick you into giving away your password. I still stand by my assertion that the average user doesn't need to worry about malware on iOS.

Re:Mysterious Mac Malware Has Infected Victims for Years by Chaebixi on Tuesday July 25, 2017 @10:58AM (#14848174)
> They can be far reaching but again they can't breach the sandbox

False, they can breach the sandbox. The sandbox is software and it has exploitable flaws until proven otherwise (which hasn't happened).

Look, like I said in another comment: you'd be fine if you restricted yourself to relative comparisons, but for some reason you have to go too far and make absolute statements of security, statements which can't possibly be true. iOS might be more secure than other OSes, but it's still insecure, and it's dangerous and misleading to say that any users don't need to exercise reasonable caution.