Re:New 'unremovable' xHelper malware has infected 45,000 And...
by varenc on Tuesday October 29, 2019 @04:18PM
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That's different.
Apple's capricious app store review policy aside, iOS is so locked down that even a completely malicious sideloaded* iOS app can't dig itself into the system like this. Without a local privilege escalation exploit there's just no way to set up a persistent background service and no way to escape the sandboxing to allow an app to leave a mark on the system after your app is uninstalled.
(*a developer can basically sideload any app on their iOS device with an Apple developer license)
Apple's capricious app store review policy aside, iOS is so locked down that even a completely malicious sideloaded* iOS app can't dig itself into the system like this. Without a local privilege escalation exploit there's just no way to set up a persistent background service and no way to escape the sandboxing to allow an app to leave a mark on the system after your app is uninstalled.
(*a developer can basically sideload any app on their iOS device with an Apple developer license)