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Number of XcodeGhost-Infected iOS Apps Rises

Posted by timothy on from the sometimes-they-come-back dept.

An anonymous reader writes: As the list of apps infected with the XcodeGhost malware keeps expanding, Apple, Amazon and Baidu are doing their best to purge their online properties of affected apps, malicious Xcode installers, and C&C servers used by the attackers to gather the stolen information and control the infected apps/devices. China-based jailbreaking Pangu Team claims that the number of infected app is higher than 3,400, and have offered for download a free app that apparently detects the Trojanized apps.

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  1. Re:Still better than that malware Android by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    Apparently not. Just so you understand, no walled-in garden experience is truly safe: Android, Apple, you name it. When you choose your platform, you choose your master, feudal lord, whatever. You are by definition, a slave. The platform's update mechanisms, software, and other controls are out of your control. Full stop. This sophomoric tripe about Android this, iOS that is fanboy drivel. Use the platform that suits you. Deal with the warts that come with it.

    I've been in IT for across three decades. I've seen it all. None of the platforms are trustworthy, either from lax security processes or outright maliciousness on the part of submitters, or both. The reasons don't matter. How you respond and mitigate is what matters, since the control is not yours in the end.

    Safe bet is to wipe the device in question if malware is suspected and refrain from apps until the problem is resolved. No apps are that compelling or needed that one cannot wait. As a species, we have become dumber because of smart phones. I can suss out a 20% tip in my head in seconds, but I see people doing it on their smartphones. Why? Thinking for yourself challenges your brain. I'll likely get flamed for this post, because the /. readership is not what it once was. These days I'm convinced it's mainly Apple/iOS hipster shills, homosexuals, and feminists.

  2. Re: Still better than that malware Android by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    Based on the modded up comment of the Apple Fanboi I'm inclined to agree with your hipster remark!

  3. Re:Still better than that malware Android by U2xhc2hkb3QgU3Vja3M · · Score: 0, Troll

    It's spelled iOS not IOS. Would you like it if people wrote anDroid?