A malware-ridden version of Xcode called XcodeGhost is reportedly infecting hundreds of apps on the Apple App Store, according to a security firm by the name Palo Alto Networks. Today, a Dutch security firm has listed out the affected apps which include Angry Birds 2 and WeChat.
Dutch security firm Fox-IT has given an updated list of apps and games affected by XcodeGhost. At the moment, the firm has identified 31 out of more than 300 apps and games.
- Angry Birds 2
- CamCard
- CamScanner
- Card Safe
- China Unicom Mobile Office
- CITIC Bank move card space
- Didi Chuxing developed by Uber’s biggest rival in China Didi Kuaidi
- Eyes Wide
- Flush
- Freedom Battle
- High German map
- Himalayan
- Hot stock market
- I called MT
- I called MT 2
- IFlyTek input
- Jane book
- Lazy weekend
- Lifesmart
- Mara Mara
- Marital bed
- Medicine to force
- Micro Channel
- Microblogging camera
- NetEase
- OPlayer
- Pocket billing
- Poor tour
- Quick asked the doctor
- Railway 12306 the only official app used for buying train tickets in China
- SegmentFault
- Stocks open class
- Telephone attribution assistant
- The driver drops
- The Kitchen
- Three new board
- Watercress reading
Rovio, in particular, has issued a statement that says that only the Chinese build of Angry Birds 2 is infected by XcodeGhost. That should come across as a relief to its worldwide users and the company itself. However, the very fact that XcodeGhost was successful in going undetected by Apple’s stringent checks is of concern. On the developers’ part it reeks of sheer incompetency and negligence, putting their properties and their users at risk.
