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Researchers show how to slip malware into Apple

gtbarry

gtbarry

Android Expert
"...they were able to tell that Apple ran that app for no more than a few seconds before approving it. This is because the app contained fragments of code, hidden beneath legitimate app operations, that pieced themselves together after running it. Apple didn
 
The thing is that you'd really have to look hard enough to even find the app in the first place. Apple doesn't have the newly added list of apps anymore, and it's kinda like Google the way that search works. The one who gets more downloads gets a head in the list.
 
But you know, this could give someone ideas to implement the malware code in a more popular app. If it falls into the wrong hands...
 
It wouldn't happen though. Average revenue per app is $4,000. And that's just the ones that are not in the top 100. I wouldn't risk losing a steady income that came be in the thousands per month just because I want to scam people. :rolleyes:
 
Well what if the code or something similar falls into the hands of a disgruntled employee? What then?

EDIT: Well to be honest, I really couldn't care less. This is the Android Forums, you know?
 
It has been shown that developers can slip apps that do something other than what it appears to do. Years ago, someone added a WiFi hotspot capability on iPhones into some app that is advertised to do something else. That got by Apple until word spread.
 
Radiance said:
The thing is that you'd really have to look hard enough to even find the app in the first place. Apple doesn't have the newly added list of apps anymore, and it's kinda like Google the way that search works. The one who gets more downloads gets a head in the list.
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make it popular first.

update it.

done.
 
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