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Here are all the apps affected by the 'XcodeGhost' attack on Apple's App Store

Sep 21, 2015, 15:55 IST

Reuters/Stephen Lam

Hundreds of incredibly popular iOS apps have been affected by the first major attack on Apple's App Store.

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Apple started cleaning up the App Store yesterday after several cyber security firms found that a malicious program called XcodeGhost had been embedded in hundreds of legitimate apps.

Reuters reports that some Chinese developers accidentally used a counterfeit version of Apple's Xcode app-building software which contained malware that was able to infect iOS apps.

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According to Californian security firm Palo Alto Networks, the tainted version of Xcode had been downloaded from a Chinese server because doing so was faster than using Apple's US servers.

Palo Alto Networks has published a list of some of the infected apps in Mandarin, which we have listed below.

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  • WeChat
  • Didi Chuxing (developed by Uber's biggest rival in China Didi Kuaidi)
  • Angry Birds 2
  • NetEase
  • Micro Channel

Apple

  • IFlyTek input
  • Railway 12306 (the only official app used for buying train tickets in China.)
  • The Kitchen
  • Card Safe
  • CITIC Bank move card space
  • China Unicom Mobile Office
  • High German map
  • Jane book
  • Eyes Wide
  • Lifesmart
  • Mara Mara
  • Medicine to force
  • Himalayan
  • Pocket billing
  • Flush
  • Quick asked the doctor
  • Lazy weekend
  • Microblogging camera
  • Watercress reading
  • CamScanner
  • CamCard (a very popular business card reader.)
  • SegmentFault
  • Stocks open class
  • Hot stock market
  • Three new board
  • The driver drops
  • OPlayer
  • Telephone attribution assistant
  • Marital bed
  • Poor tour
  • I called MT
  • I called MT 2
  • Freedom Battle

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