iOS 13 is an operating system presented by the Apple company as a safe one for users all over the world, but unfortunately things are not quite as good as the company wants us to believe. An American company specialized in computer security has discovered no less than 17 applications from the App Store that can be installed in iOS 13 and that are infected with a type of malware called clickware.
According to the findings of this company, the applications that can be installed in iOS 13 falsify the interactions of users with their interface, and generate false clicks on advertisements played in pages open in the background. Basically, the respective applications open 13 web pages in iOS without the user seeing them, and while the user interacts with the application, it also makes fraudulent clicks on the web pages opened in secret, generating money for the hackers who created it.
iOS 13: BEWARE! Applications with MALWARE Discovered in the App Store
iOS 13 may be affected by these 17 applications from the App Store: RTO Vehicle Information, EMI Calculator & Loan Planner, File Manager – Documents, Smart GPS Speedometer, CrickOne – Live Cricket Scores, Daily Fitness – Yoga Poses, FM Radio – Internet Radio, My Train Info – IRCTC & PNR, Around Me Place Finder, Easy Contacts Backup Manager, Ramadan Times 2019, Restaurant Finder – Find Food, BMI Calculator – BMR Calc. Dual Accounts, Video Editor – Mute Video, Islamic World – Qibla, Smart Video Compressor.
“The apps communicate with a known command and control (C&C) server to simulate user interactions to fraudulently collect advertising revenue. The Trojan clicker module discovered in this application group is designed to perform ad fraud-related activities in the background, such as continuously opening web pages or clicking links without any user interaction."
It is difficult to understand how these applications could pass the "rigorous" verification process that the Apple company does for the applications published in the App Store, making this discovery completely laughable, unfortunately. In Android there are extremely many applications of this kind, but in the case of iOS we are talking about the first discovery of applications that have this type of malware, and those from Apple should provide clarifications, but they will not.
Having said that, beware of these applications that can be installed in iOS 13, or other older versions, because although they will not steal data, they will reduce battery life and consume unnecessary internet traffic.
