Image copyright Reuters Apple has reported that in some applications, used by the owners of smartphones in China, the iPhone and tablet iPad, malicious code found. Now the company is making every effort to remove it.
According to the statement, this is the first large-scale attack on the App Store – sites distributing or marketing applications Apple.
As the representative of Apple, hackers spreading code, replacing software application developers Apple.
A malicious program XcodeGhost, allowing hackers to collect information about users, applications, was disguised under the name of the official instrument XSode.
Among the infected there were many applications for iPhone and iPad, popular in China – including a version of instant messaging WeChat and application taxi.
An Apple spokesman said that the infected application removed from the App Store.
“We have removed from the App Store all infected applications. Now software developers are trying to establish the real version of Xcode”, – said company spokesman Christine Monaghan.
According to Reuters, a malicious virus is launched from a server in China.
According to preliminary data, the hackers did not manage to steal any data users. Nevertheless, the company cybersecurity Palo Alto Networks announced that the virus could get into the hundreds of millions of users.
“XcodeGhost – this is a very harmful program, she was able to attack and infiltrate the operating system iOS”, – says Palo Alto Networks.
At the same time, the head of marketing market research sales Euromonitor International Wee Teck Lu believes that, despite the detection of a virus program, a serious fall in demand for Apple products has not yet been.
He said that mobile phone users simply less worried about viruses than, say, users of desktop computers. “In these fast-growing markets like China and Vietnam, on the question of product safety is does not pay attention. And it is clear that people in these countries are more vulnerable in this regard”, – he said.
Earlier this month, hackers stole more than 225,000 user passwords various applications of Apple in China. The company Palo Alto Networks then able to react, seeing the extraordinary simultaneous activity of many users.
The Ministry of Public Security of China last month reported that, on suspicion of committing a variety of cybercrime was arrested about 15 thousand people. US President Barack Obama expressed concern about China’s actions in cyberspace.
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