Apple's iOS App Store suffers first major attack
http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/09/20/us-apple-china-malware-idUSKCN0RK0ZB20150920
Apple Inc APPL.O said on Sunday it is cleaning up its
iOS App Store to remove malicious iPhone and iPad programs
identified in the first large-scale attack on the popular mobile
software outlet. The company disclosed the effort after several
cyber security firms reported finding a malicious program dubbed
XcodeGhost that was embedded in hundreds of legitimate apps. It
is the first reported case of large numbers of malicious
software programs making their way past Apple's stringent app
review process. Prior to this attack, a total of just five
malicious apps had ever been found in the App Store, according
to cyber security firm Palo Alto Networks Inc (PANW.N). The
hackers embedded the malicious code in these apps by convincing
developers of legitimate software to use a tainted, counterfeit
version of Apple's software for creating iOS and Mac apps, which
is known as Xcode, Apple said.
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