Clean Apple App
Store From Dangerous Malware inserted Applications
A few days ago we were surprised of the application on the Apple device that is indicated inserted by malicious malware, Apple is now reportedly conducting a clean-up action in the form of applications indicated malware inserted on the App Store.
Reporting from Gizmodo, Monday (21/09/2015), one of the well-known chat applications from China, WeChat also infected by this malicious malware. According to news circulating, the hacker uses an application called Xcode developer from Apple that has been modified. Results of modifications that have been inserted with malicious code dubbed XcodeGhost, who can obtain information from an application in spite of the well-known developers.
Researchers from China said that currently there are about 344 applications that are inserted by XcodeGhost, and most of these applications are applications originating from China, such as WeChat.
It is not yet known exactly how this WeChat similar applications using a modified application developers. But it does say that Apple's servers in China itself is very slow, thus making the original developer of the Bamboo Curtain country is looking for another address (mirror) that allegedly has a faster connection. The Xcode first uploaded on sharing sites in China, and then it is possible that Xcode has been interfered with by the hands of the hackers who want to get information from an application using Xcode results XcodeGhost modified alias.
Apple's own party called on developers to not download all kinds of applications developers Xcode from any site, except from the official website of Apple itself.
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