On first, all these iPhones are connected to WIFI and tested. As an next step, they have inserted the SIM card and Waited for the action. Suprisingly, all these 17 apps started to connect to same adware server. These are adware are smart enough to wait till the user download the app and use it for some days without any issue. Once it gained the confidence, then it will connect to command and control center for adware execution.
AppAspect Technologies says in their email about this case as “They itself noticed this adware inclusion after Apple has removed its apps. And they itself had no clue why their apps are been behaving in malicious way. There are possibilities where the code has been taken by developers from some third party or unauthorized sources to develop which might inturn had affected the app”.
In 2015, Apple had been through such kind of problem larger scale when some developer forum has incorporated Xcode software tool with data stealing appended to it.
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