The program called WireLurker is designed to cause damage or illegally steal information.
It is often said that Apple devices are practically immune to all types of malicious viruses. But that is a mistake. A computer security company has revealed this software that directly targets iPhone, iPad, and Mac devices.
With thousands of users already affected, this program constitutes «the largest-scale threat ever seen targeting Apple products», reports the EFE news agency. The origin of this program has been traced to China.
WireLurker has attacked 467 applications designed for the Mac OS X operating system that are available in the App Store and have been downloaded more than 356,104 times over the past six months.
