Apple, maxi hacker attack the App Store malware infects tens of applications – The Daily

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Apps created with an infected software and distributed in the App store, application store for iPhone and iPad . In China Apple has suffered a heavy cyber attack on a large scale for the first time involved the application platform of Cupertino: the Hackers They have created a counterfeit version of software to create applications iOS . Material that unknowingly have used developers. The malware is called XcodeGhost and the counterfeit version of the suite of tools Xcode capable of creating applications for iPhone iPad computer Mac . Allow steal data users and send them to servers controlled by hackers . Hackers, in turn, could send false notices to infected devices to induce holders to reveal password and other information.

Most risk applications were used in China , but the infected software arrived well to the famous messaging platform wechat of Tencent, also used in Italy and which has over 500 million users, the rival Chinese Uber, Didi kuaidi and NetEase , like Spotify . All three have said they had not encountered any theft sensitive information users, and you update the apps to fix it. A spokeswoman for Apple, Christine Monaghan , however, has made it clear that apps created with malicious software have been removed from the Store: “We are working with developers to ensure that they use the right version of Xcode for recreate . “

The existence of XcodeGhost was discovered recently by some Company computer security. Among these, the Palo Alto Networks , that would be about 40 applications infected. According to the Chinese company Qihoo instead, the app would be involved over 300 . Hackers, experts say, would take advantage impatience developers. Download Xcode from the site Apple fact requires some time in China , and so hackers made available Counterfeit software on a server China publicizing the speed download. And this is not the first time that the company Tim Cook is attacked in China earlier this month, hackers have stolen log and password more than 225mila Apple account.

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