XcodeGhost is malicious software, designed to affect the Xcode and thereby compromise apps, created with infected tools. It is officially distributed by Apple, and unofficially by various third parties. Xcode is a free suite of tools used by software developers to create apps for iOS and Apple Store. What is Xcode, and what exactly is XcodeGhost? XcodeGhost #iOS Malware Contained: via #apple /0DHpiHBMy8 These efforts set App Store apart from Google Play and third-party stores, which were literally stalked by malicious software (at least until Google launched it’s own malware scanning system in 2014).Īgainst this background, September 2015 seems to be especially unsuccessful for Apple as experts found malware that targeted jailbroken devices and everybody spoke about the “ biggest theft ever involving Apple accounts ,” and now Palo Alto Networks company has found compromised software on the App Store. To make matters worse, the Chinese versions of Angry Birds 2 was infected – is nothing sacred anymore?Īpple spends a lot of time and effort to monitor each and every app in the Apple Store. The malware XcodeGhost affected dozens of apps, including: WeChat app (600+ million users), NetEase’s music downloading app, business card scanner CamCard, and Didi Kuaidi’s Uber-like car hailing app. About 40 iOS apps are now being cleaned out of the App Store because they turned out to be infected with malicious code, which had been designed to build a botnet out of Apple devices. A worm was found in the safe garden of Apple.
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