Death Profile: Now iOS Has Been Compromised to Suspected Ransomware

In this paper, we would like to tell you the whole story of how we hunt for the remote iOS ransomware attack based on profile installation and defeat it in cradle. We will analysis how the iOS ransomware hijacks your phone screen or even causes system crashes or hang using profile installation - as we call "death profile" - in technical detail.

By Ju Zhu & Moony Li

[JohnThrowaway]

I got a few devices with some nasty malicious iOS profiles. Not even a factory reset or any type of wipe fixes it.