A daren ranar Lahadi, Apple ya bayyana wa kamfanin dillacin labarai na Reuters cewa ya fara tsabtace App Store don cire aikace-aikacen da suka kamu da shi malware abin ya yadu lokacin yin aikace-aikace tare 'XcodeGhost'.
Wannan shine karo na farko da App Store ya zama batun a harin malware na wannan sikelintare da fiye da 50 cutar apps wanda miliyoyin masu amfani da iOS suka yi amfani da shi a duk duniya. Wannan ya haɗa da wasu shahararrun aikace-aikace kamar WeChat, Angry Birds 2, Eyes Wide, ko CamCard waɗanda ake amfani da su miliyoyin masu amfani da iOS a duniya.
Mun cire aikace-aikace daga App Store da muka sani an kirkiresu da wannan jabun software, mai magana da yawun Apple Christine Monaghan a cikin imel. Muna aiki tare da masu haɓaka don tabbatar da cewa kuna amfani da madaidaicin sigar Xcode don sake gina aikace-aikacenku.
Apple bai samar da wata mafita ba ga masu amfani wadanda tuni suka girka aikace-aikacen da suka kamu da cutar a wayoyin su na iphone ko ipad, amma a hankalce abu na farko da ya kamata muyi shine cire wannan aikace-aikacen daga na'urar mu ta iOS. Qeta software 'XcodeGhost' kai tsaye yana tasiri mai tara bayanan Xcode para iOS y OS X waɗanda masu haɓaka China suka yi amfani da su don ƙirƙirar aikace-aikacen su. Waɗannan ƙa'idodin an ɗora su a cikin App Store inda suka sami nasarar wuce nazarin Apple kuma an samar da su don kallo. jama'a download.
Ta yaya duk wannan ya faru?. Xcode shiri ne wanda aka sauke shi kyauta daga sabobin Apple. Amma da alama a cikin China ya zama ruwan dare gama gari don amfani da shi kofe da aka shirya akan wasu sabobin da ba na hukuma ba kamar Baidu. Kwafin cutar da aka ɗora a wannan sabis ɗin ajiya zai kasance asalin wannan sabuwar barazanar tsaro ga iOS.