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Title: XcodeGhost: App Store malware shows the weakest links and Apple’s advantage Post by: HCK on September 26, 2015, 03:00:06 pm XcodeGhost: App Store malware shows the weakest links and Apple’s advantage
<article> <section class="page"> <p>As malware goes, XcodeGhost is unimpressive. Bundled into versions of Apple's Xcode (https://developer.apple.com/xcode/) development environment for iOS, OS X, and watchOS, XcodeGhost was distributed within China—but not from Apple’s own servers. When apps were built using the infected Xcode, XcodeGhost hitched a lift (http://www.macworld.com/article/2985060/security/apple-pulls-infected-apps-after-malware-strikes-app-store.html).</p><p>It’s an instructive tale to look at how this happened, how it might be prevented in the future, and how minimal the impact was, despite the potential. Apple and its customers were lucky by chance and by design.</p><p class="jumpTag"><a href="/article/2985773/security/xcodeghost-app-store-malware-shows-the-weakest-links-and-apples-advantage.html#jump">To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here[/url]</p></section></article> Source: XcodeGhost: App Store malware shows the weakest links and Apple’s advantage (http://www.macworld.com/article/2985773/security/xcodeghost-app-store-malware-shows-the-weakest-links-and-apples-advantage.html#tk.rss_all) |