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.



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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.
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How to Protect Yourself against XcodeGhost like iOS Malware Attacks

Recently, Chinese iOS developers have discovered a new OS X and iOS malware dubbed XcodeGhost that has appeared in malicious versions of Xcode, Apple’s official toolkit for developing iOS and OS X apps.



The hack of Apple’s Xcode involves infecting the compiler with malware and then passing that malware onto the compiled software.



This is a unique approach because the hack does not