Apple scrambles after 40 malicious “XcodeGhost” apps haunt App Store

Ars Technica
By Dan GoodinSep 21, 2015, 10:40 am539 pts
PhotoAtelier Apple officials are cleaning up the company's App Store after a security firm reported that almost 40 iOS apps contained malicious code that made iPhones and iPads part of a botnet that stole potentially sensitive user information. The 39 affected apps—which included version 6.2.5 of the popular…

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