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"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."
The real reason for those guidelines is so that people can be certain your App Store software is 100% proprietary.
If they cared about viruses and privacy and safety and all that, then Facebook wouldn't have been approved.
You can hold down the "B" button for continuous firing.
"Fuck security, MONEY MONEY MONEY!"
They're the most expensive app market to submit to by the way.