![]() ![]() Block malware from running on customer systems: Gatekeeper, Notarization, and XProtect 3. ![]() Reactions: kiensoy, Count Blah, Col4bin and 2 others. Its funny and scary that after years of Apple avoiding major viruses and malware on OSX, iOS will get the brunt of it. If not, I would expect Apple to resolve this somehow. Prevent launch or execution of malware: App Store, or Gatekeeper combined with Notarization 2. XcodeGhost is a new iOS malware arising from a malicious version of Xcode, Apples official tool for developing iOS and OS X apps. If the installation of the profile bothers you, then something like the above will work. Together, something like the below could be used to remove the profile if wanted:Īnd, it’s worth mentioning that the above will work on Big Sur too. However, the following will return a value if the profile is installed: /usr/bin/profiles list -type provisioning | /usr/bin/grep c9434bc1-de69-4727-85f7-4868f80feed6Īnd the below, can remove it: /usr/bin/profiles remove -type provisioning -uuid c9434bc1-de69-4727-85f7-4868f80feed6 It appears that the profile is safe to delete, but the point of this post is that you shouldn’t necessarily worry. XcodeGhost is a very harmful and dangerous malware that has bypassed Apple’s code review and made unprecedented attacks on the iOS ecosystem, Palo Alto Networks said. So, whilst the installation of the provisioning profile is a little bit odd, provisioning profile‘s themselves are very common. So, the provisioning profile is itself a legit item and if you look within many App bundles you’ll likely find one, see Google Chrome below, as an example: ![]() As per the above, “a provisioning profile is a type of system profile used to launch one or more apps on devices and use certain services.” ![]()
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