Malware in Apple
Posted on: 26/Sep/2015 10:28:37 AM
The tech giant Apple announced that it was clamping down on its App Store after multiple cybersecurity firms reported that malware, dubbed XcodeGhost, can exploit a vulnerability in a counterfeit version of Xcode, Apple`s suite of app development tools. Apple is currently blocking apps created with unofficial tools that can be used to inject the malicious code, but said that they could be re-added to the App Store if updated using Xcode.
The affected apps are of Chinese origin, WeChat and DiDi Taxi, China`s top chat and car-hailing apps, are the few among those infected. Also included in the hundreds, or perhaps thousands of compromised apps were Baidu Music and the multiplayer game ‘Heroes of Order & Chaos.
Prior to XcodeGhost, a total of only five apps in the App Store had been found to contain malicious code, according to cybersecurity firm Palo Alto Networks.
