HUNDREDS of thousands of Apple iPhones could be "vulnerable to infection" from apps in the iOS App Store.

Apple is taking steps to remove malicious software from a slew of popular apps, it has confirmed.
The infected apps – believed to be part of the first large-scale malware attack on the Apple App Store – were laced with malicious code.
Hundreds of thousands of customers could be affected by the infected apps, which includes one of the world's most popular instant messengers.
The vicious code was added by an unofficial version of Xcode, the free application used to build iOS and Mac software.
Dubbed XcodeGhost, the counterfeit version of the Apple software injected malicious code which allowed hackers to gather information from the device and initiate phishing attacks.

A version of WeChat – one of the most popular instant messaging apps on the planet, with some 600 million monthly active users – was infected by the XcodeGhost code.

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after ifans wil say android aint secure. i tell u security is an illusion