Re: Are iPhones subject to ransomware attacks?

On Mar 19, 2024, David Brooks wrote
(in article<65f939fc$0$6398$882e4bbb@reader.netnews.com>):

On 18/03/2024 19:11, WolfFan wrote:

On Mar 18, 2024, Jolly Roger wrote
(in article <l5r52lFm4ctU1@mid.individual.net>):
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On 2024-03-18, David Brooks<BDB@nomail.afraid.org>  wrote:

On 18/03/2024 11:22, WolfFan wrote:

On Mar 18, 2024, Jolly Roger wrote
(in article <l5puflFges3U1@mid.individual.net>):

On 2024-03-17, David Brooks<BDB@nomail.afraid.org>  wrote:

On 17/03/2024 23:16, Jolly Roger wrote:

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FACT: All platforms have zero days.

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Agreed. Hence the need to run anti-malware software on Apple
devices?

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Nope. Anti-malware doesn't protect against zero days.

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he’s been told that before. he ignores it. he’s an idiot.
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And there's no such thing as antivirus software on Apple mobile
devices anyway.

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he’s been told that before, too. Either his one poor alcohol-addled
neuron fails to recall or he just ignores it. he’s an idiot.

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See MID <l5pbvaFdsdbU1@mid.individual.net>
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Jolly Roger said .... "*ALL* platforms have zero days." Look! ^^^^^^^

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Again, anti-malware doesn't protect against zero days. And there's no
such thing as antivirus apps on iOS, dumbass.

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He’s so brain-damaged that he cannot read and comprehend simple sentences.
I suspect that he has no idea what a zero-day is. Remember, this is the
idiot
who posted that he thought that x.x.x.x was a valid IPv4 address. He
literally has no clue. It is impossible to exaggerate just how stupid he is;
certainly my mother’s Scotty terrier is considerably smarter than he is.
Even if she has been known to chase ducks bigger than she is. Like many
small
dogs, she thinks that she’s a wolf. Like many idiots, Our David thinks
that
he has a clue. They’re both wrong. It’s a lot cuter when it’s a
terrier
that’s wrong than when its a bald ape who, he says, was once a naval
officer.

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THIS item explains that an Apple computer /cannot/ be influenced by a
"zero day"!
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https://support.apple.com/en-ca/guide/security/secdc7c6c88e/web
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There is obviously no need for anti-malware software on a modern Apple
computer.
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Why then, I wonder, is this product so successful? www.clamxav.com
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Do tell!

you’re an idiot. the article in question does not say anything whatsoever
about zero-days (if you think that I’m wrong, supply a quote) and a
zero-day is, by definition, something new and unexpected. It is perfectly
possible to block known attacks. it is impossible to block unknown attacks,
as YOU HAVE NO FUCKING IDEA WHERE THE ATTACK IS COMING FROM OR HOW IT WILL BE
MADE, BECAUSE THE ATTACK IS *NEW* AND *FROM AN UNEXPECTED SOURCE*.

You are incapable of reading for comprehension.