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Security firm FireEye reports updated XcodeGhost loose in the wild, possibly infecting genuine iOS apps with malware

The XcodeGhost thing may have reared its ugly head again, this time in a different form. Security firm FireEye stated via a blog post that a variant of the XcodeGhost code, which has been known to inject malware into genuine apps, is still out there. The firm stated that it has identified a more advanced […]

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Apple to begin providing better Xcode development tool hosting for Chinese developers in wake of XcodeGhost incident

In the wake of developers downloading a malware-filled copy of your development tools and inadvertently uploading tons of malware-filled apps to the App Store, it helps to put some money into infrastructure and make sure the slow download speeds for the genuine version of the development tools are sufficient, thus removing the need to download […]

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Palo Alto Networks cites XcodeGhost malware’s presence in 39 iOS apps

Well, this is kind of a mess. Research associate Palo Alto Networks has posted an analysis on a novel malware XcodeGhost that modifies Xcode IDE to infect Apple iOS apps. The report mentions that at least two popular iOS apps were infected. We now believe many more popular iOS apps have been infected, including WeChat, […]