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Title: Apple pulls infected apps after malware strikes App Store Post by: HCK on September 23, 2015, 09:00:14 pm Apple pulls infected apps after malware strikes App Store
<article> <section class="page"> <p> Apple just pulled a slew of iOS apps from the App Store after security researchers discovered malware in some of the store’s top apps.</p><p> It’s unclear just how many apps were infected with malicious code. Palo Alto Networks (http://researchcenter.paloaltonetworks.com/2015/09/malware-xcodeghost-infects-39-ios-apps-including-wechat-affecting-hundreds-of-millions-of-users/), the security firm that discovered the breach, estimates 39 apps were affected. Most of the apps are hugely popular in China, like messaging app WeChat, Uber rival Didi Kuaidi, train ticket app Railway 12306, business card scanner CamCard, and stock trading service Tonghuashun. A Chinese security company is pinning the number of infected apps at 300+.</p><p class="jumpTag"><a href="/article/2985060/security/apple-pulls-infected-apps-after-malware-strikes-app-store.html#jump">To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here[/url]</p></section></article> Source: Apple pulls infected apps after malware strikes App Store (http://www.macworld.com/article/2985060/security/apple-pulls-infected-apps-after-malware-strikes-app-store.html#tk.rss_all) |