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XcodeGhost Pwns App Store – Daily Security Byte EP.147

September 21, 2015 By Corey Nachreiner

A booby-trapped version of Xcode—Apple’s development toolkit—is spreading on Chinese forums, and adding a malicious backdoor to any app made with it. Watch today’s video to learn more about XcodeGhost, and what developers and users should do to avoid it.

(Episode Runtime: 2:30)

Direct YouTube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BC_oyFg7AnA

EPISODE REFERENCES:

  • Palo Alto’s posts on XcodeGhost
    •  Original XcodeGhost post – Palo Alto
    • At least 39 App Store apps infected – Palo Alto
    • Malicious XcodeGhost apps can phish and steal passwords – Palo Alto
  • What you need to know about Xc0deGhost – Forbes
  • Apple removes 344 XcodeGhost apps – Geek
  • UPDATE: Apple emails devs to share how to validate Xcode – Apple
  • UPDATE 2: Now up to 4000 affected apps in the App Store – BBC

— Corey Nachreiner, CISSP (@SecAdept)

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