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Apple Removes 17 Malicious iOS Apps From App Store

October 24, 2019

Researchers have uncovered 17 apps on Apple’s official App Store infected with malware. Apple has since removed the apps from the App Store – but a “significant” number of iOS users could have installed them, researchers said.

Once downloaded, the malicious apps infect victims with a trojan designed to carry out fraud and ad-related malicious activity in the background, including continually opening web pages and clicking links without any user interaction.

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