Apple is reportedly very busy cleaning up malware that has infected App Store apps since the first major attack on the iOS software platform, Reuters reports.
Several iOS apps, including WeChat, the Chinese taxi service Didi Kuaidi app, the card scanning tool CamCard, and others were found to contain malicious code.
According to security firm Palo Alto Networks, the malicious code could phish for user credentials, steal URLs, and read and write user data from the clipboard, such as passwords.
As you can see, the myth of the "invincible" Apple goes on!
The app code appears to have been developed with XcodeGhost, a fake version of Apple's Xcode software used to create iOS and Mac apps.
Apple spokeswoman Christine Monaghan told Reuters:
We have removed apps from the App Store that we know were created with this counterfeit software. We are working with developers to ensure they are using the correct version of Xcode to develop their apps.
Security firm Palo Alto Networks said it had not detected any signs that data was stolen or any other damage was caused as a result of the attack.
The security firm also reported that developers using XocdeGhost instead of an official Apple tool are downloading it from a server in China.
The scariest thing about this story is that many trusted apps infected with the malicious code managed to pass Apple's code checks and were uploaded to the Apple Store completely unnoticed.
It should be mentioned that Apple and its friends were very proud of the security of the software distributed through the company's store.
