"Jekyll" Test Attack Sneaks Through Apple App Store, Wreaks Havoc

An anonymous reader writes "A malware test app sneaked through Apple's review process disguised as a harmless app, and then re-assembled itself into an aggressive attacker even while running inside the iOS 'sandbox' designed to isolate apps and data from each other. The app, dubbed Jekyll, was helped by Apple's review process. The malware designers, a research team from Georgia Institute of Technology's Information Security Center, were able to monitor their app during the review: they discovered Apple ran the app for only a few seconds, before ultimately approving it. That wasn't anywhere near long enough to discover Jekyll's deceitful nature."

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Re:Apple review process = a few seconds?

[gl4ss]

you can go without a middleman for android apps.. all android devices allow you to install apk's.

now that is a large difference to iOS or windows phone.

if you don't see the difference then you're a fucking moron, the other os allows you to point to a file on any fucking webserver and the other doesn't. the other platform allows you to install anything without the device(or os) manufacturer greenlighting the app while the other censors whatever the fuck it wants that week to censor.