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New IPADS in the office

Rodeoboy

I was wondering, if someone plugs in an IPAD into the computer will Sophos Anti-Virus scanner protect the computer and connected network from anything on the IPAD?

Will there be a possibility of something running on the IPAD connecting through the link and or Itunes that will steal information from our computers or Network?

We use the on access scannning for both read and write on the computers.

Just wondering,

Rodeoboy

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    That is a great question. Our company has photography clients that need to connect to our network and I had a similar concern. You never know what type of environment people are bring in there ipads from and who knows what could be on them. 

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    Hello Rodeoboy,

    external devices always pose a risk, especially if their content is allowed to run on the host system automatically. If you are worrying about an app on the iPad "sucking" content from the PC or Mac - that's very unlikely, as it needs some "partner" on the host system to communicate. Could iTunes be this - possible but not very likely.

    Plug and play and autorun, while convenient for the user, are a convenient path for malware to get in. Disabling autorun is a good idea because it might prevent a new and yet unknown thret from running (there's still the chance that the user deliberately runs it).

    All this is not specific to the iPad though.

    Christian

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    Hi,

    I wouldn't be so relaxed about iOS and Androids.

    Having jailbroken iPhone or iPad pose security risk since users can install unverified applications trough cydia  that could access SMB shares and find firewall holes just like any infected PC with Windows. Non jailbroken iOS is still vulnerable to exploits allowing installation of unverified applications but in much smaller percentage.

    Android devices pose even more risk since patching security holes in them require hardware manufacturers to provide updates to end users and from my own experience this is long and painstaking process, if you are lucky to get update at all.
    Google is providing direct updates just for it's own Nexus phones.

    For corporate security it's vital to manage and control such gadgets as they will become the next big target by malware authors.

    Regards

    Igor

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