Without realizing, developers using the tainted software, dubbed XcodeGhost, were incorporating malware into their apps before submitting them to the App Store. This was done by getting developers to use a tainted version of Apple’s app development tool, called Xcode. It seems hackers targeted Chinese developers in their effort to get the malware into apps and onto the App Store. WeChat said in a blog post the malware had been discovered in an earlier version of its app and so iOS users should ensure they have the latest malware-free version on their device. In a statement obtained by Reuters, Apple spokesperson Christine Monaghan said, “We’ve removed the apps from the App Store that we know have been created with this counterfeit software.”Īffected software includes leading Chinese messaging app WeChat and China-based Uber competitor Didi Kuaidi. PAN’s analysis of the malware revealed it’s capable of, for example, prompting fake phishing alerts to grab user credentials, as well as reading and writing data in the user’s clipboard, which could be used to obtain password information if such data is copied from a password management tool. There’s only one reason I’m still using an iPhone in 2023 17 iPhone apps I couldn’t live without in 2023ĥ things Apple needs to do with the iPhone in 2024
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