Warning — Popular 'Hot Patching' Technique Puts iOS Users At Risk

Do you know?… Any iOS app downloaded from Apple’s official App Store has an ability to update itself from any 3rd-party server automatically without your knowledge.



Yes, it is possible, and you could end up downloading malware on your iPhone or iPad.



Unlike Google, Apple has made remarkable efforts to create and maintain a healthy and clean ecosystem of its official App Store.



Although

More than 250 iOS Apps Caught Using Private APIs to Collect Users' Private Data

Apple is cleaning up its iTunes App Store again – for the third time in two months – following another flood of iOS apps that secretly collect users’ personal information.
Researchers discovered more than 250 iOS apps that were violating Apple's App Store privacy policy, gathering personal identifiable data from almost one Million users estimated to have downloaded those offending apps.
The

Apple Kicks Out some Malicious Ad-Blocker Apps from its Online Store

Apple has removed several apps from its official iOS App Store that have the ability to compromise encrypted connections between the servers and the end-users.



Apple has officially said:

We have removed a "few" apps from the iOS App Store that could install root certificates and allow monitoring your data.

It's like- they have analyzed and admitted that they lacked in the auditing of

Warning! Popular Apple Store Apps Infected with Data-Theft Malware

Unlike Google Play Store, Apple App Store is well known for not allowing any malformed apps to enter its Apple ecosystem because of its tight security checks.



But, not anymore.



Hundreds of malicious apps managed to get hosted on Apple's official App store and subsequently downloaded by several hundred Million iPad and iPhone owners. Out of them, Palo Alto Networks published a list of

Critical Persistent Injection Vulnerability in Apple App Store and iTunes

A critical vulnerability has been discovered in the official Apple’s App Store and iTunes Store, affecting millions of Apple users.



Vulnerability-Lab Founder and security researcher Benjamin Kunz Mejri discovered an Application-Side input validation web vulnerability that actually resides in the Apple App Store invoice module and is remotely exploitable by both sender as well as the

Zero-Day Exploits for Stealing OS X and iOS Passwords

I think you'll agree with me when I say: Apple devices are often considered to be more safe and secure than other devices that run on platforms like Windows and Android, but a recent study will make you think twice before making this statement.



A group of security researchers have uncovered potentially deadly zero-day vulnerabilities in both iOS and OS X operating systems that could put