XcodeGhost: App Store malware shows the weakest links and Apple’s advantage

Macworld
Sep 24, 2015, 8:30 am289 pts
As malware goes, XcodeGhost is unimpressive. Bundled into versions of Apple's Xcode development environment for iOS, OS X, and watchOS, XcodeGhost was distributed within China—but not from Apple’s own servers. When apps were built using the infected Xcode, XcodeGhost hitched a lift. It’s an instructive tale to…

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