“Apple has blocked newly discovered apps meant to help prying eyes spy on Chinese iPhone users,” Danny Yadron reports for The Wall Street Journal. “The software is hidden in downloads available from a Chinese app store for Mac computers. Once installed, it waits until consumers connect an iPhone or iPad and then steals data stored on the device.”
“‘We are aware of malicious software available from a download site aimed at users in China, and we’ve blocked the identified apps to prevent them from launching,’ Apple said in a written statement Thursday,” Yadron reports. “Palo Alto Networks found the malicious code in 467 apps on China’s Maiyadi App Store for Mac computers.”
Yadron reports, “In a statement, Apple warned users to download only software from ‘trusted sources.'”
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