Xcodeghost was able to infiltrate the apps after software developers were tricked into using compromised versions of Xcode, the developer tool kit of Apple.
However, echoing the release of iOS 9, the launch hasn’t gone exactly to plan, with some users struggling to kit out their wearable with the latest software. These apps use a modified version of the software development kit of Apple, which is known as the Xcode. Among these...
A number of cybersecurity companies including Palo Alto identified that hundreds of verified apps had been infected with a malicious programme, which has been dubbed XcodeGhost, reportsReuters.
Apple had to remove more than 300 malware-infected apps from its app store after the damaged version of its developer tools led to some of Chinese apps that leak the users’ personal information to hackers and outside servers. This past Sunday, the company revealed it had...
Shenzhen-based Tencent, Asia’s second-largest internet company after Alibaba, posted a 25 per cent increase in net profit to 7.3 billion yuan last quarter, up from 5.8 billion yuan in the same period previous year.