Consumer Affairs Victoria says App Store contains malware

Why go to the trouble of trying to get malware into the App store and sandboxed devices when iTunes is a much larger and easier target.

Hundreds of viruses trojans and key loggers are readily available, particularly for older Windows platforms like XP where people may have outdated anti viruses and no anti-trojan software.

Apple has also been increasing security in iTunes recently, presumably due to increased fraud.

"The consumer advocate then makes the claim that predatory software lurks in the App Store" [citation needed]

It's possible, of course. A clever malware author can probably slip a malicious application past Apple's screening, with enough work.

But until someone actually produces an example, I will tend to suspect that the iTunes IDs are being obtained in other ways. I generally receive one to two emails a month claiming to be from Apple and announcing that my iTunes account has been locked pending me clicking on a dodgy link to "confirm my identity." It's certainly plausible that the examples of compromised iTunes accounts are more down to this and other plain-Jane, garden-variety phishing than to a hypothetical malicious app in the app store.

Like I said, it's possible that some malicious app exists out there...but claims like this require some sort of evidence if they're to be taken seriously.

Like others have said..

Obtaining Apple IDs can be done in many ways, the least likely of which is fake/counterfeit apps in the App store!

Unless she can provide examples I would be very sceptical of anything she writes after such a poor report.

hearsay?

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