Seemingly benign “Jekyll” app passes Apple review, then becomes “evil”

Ars Technica
By Dan GoodinAug 19, 2013, 9:00 pm306 pts
Wikipedia Computer scientists say they found a way to sneak malicious programs into Apple's exclusive app store without being detected by the mandatory review process that's supposed to automatically flag such apps. The researchers from the Georgia Institute of Technology used the technique to create what…

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