SAN FRANCISCO – XcodeGhost malware infecting Apple’s App Store has reportedly climbed from 40 to 4000 apps. First uncovered earlier in the week, XcodeGhost is a malicious bug that has infiltrated some iPhones and iPads through the iTunes App Store and hinges on developers not using the correct version of Apple’s Xcode development tool.Apple has warned developers to check they are using a legitimate version of
Xcode downloaded directly from the Mac App Store, or from the Apple Developer
Web site.
Security outfit FireEye claims to have detected more than 4000 infected apps on
the App Store, way above the sub-40 figure first touted.
The company said it had updated detection rules in its NX and Mobile Threat
Prevention products to detect the malicious apps and their activity on a network.
