App Store iOS malware found after first large-scale attack
For the first time, a large amount of iOS malware has made it past Apple’s App Store security controls, potentially affecting hundreds of millions of users.
Apple has admitted that it was forced to remove dozens of reputable iPhone and iPad apps from its App Store on Sunday because they contained embedded iOS malware.
Chinese app developers first reported the existence of the iOS malware last Wednesday, according to a report from Palo Alto Networks Inc., based in Santa Clara, Calif. Alibaba researchers then found apps containing malware, which is named XcodeGhost, because it was embedded into apps after developers were convinced to use a hacked version of Apple’s Xcodesoftware development suite.
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