Fake iPhone Ransomware Patched by Apple Update

[engine]

Fake ransomware for the iPhone is now patched with the latest update from Apple. The ransomware claimed to have locked the iPhone and a user would have to pay to unlock it again. However, the iPhone was not actually locked. The scammers hoped that users would be scared into paying the ransom.

The patch closed the loophole but Professor Alan Woodward, cybersecurity expert at Surrey University said some iPhone users have put off the update because it also includes other changes to the running of the device.

"Some people have held off thinking it sounds fairly major, but obviously if they do that they won't get the protection," he said. Fake iPhone Ransomware Patched by Apple Update [bbc.co.uk]

[NickMNS]

So if I understand this correctly Apple is using the randsomware patch as sort of randsom?

[engine]

hehehe, it could be seen that way. I understand the patch includes other fixes, including this fake ransomware.