The virus we are talking about is called Sparkcatand was at least 11 applications That the company has retired from its store, although we do not know if there will be more that they have not yet been detected, so we would have to be careful what we downloaded.
APP Store infected
As we said, Apple has recently eliminated 11 apps from the App Store containing the “Sparkcat” malware, according to a Kaspersky report. Among the affected applications are ComeCome, Wetink and Anygpt.
The objective of this virus was to analyze our photographs and screenshots, above all the texts composed of letters and numbers, thus trying Leave a trace that you had the problem in a simple app installed on your iPhone and that its function is another.
So that these applications could access users' photosthey needed to obtain their explicit consent, but we all usually allow these apps, without reading much what they ask. Once granted, the applications scanned the images in search of key phrases and, if they found any, they uploaded it to a remote server. Kaspersky indicated that malware was mainly aimed at iOS users in Europe and Asia.
In addition to eliminating these 11 applications, Apple identified others 89 with the same malicious codebut luckily, they were detected by their security system prior to their publication, so they never came to see the light.
That is why we recommend not downloading applications that, despite it seems harmless, are not so much, so we will always have to go for trusted developers, and not use new ones, without valuations, and uploads by users of doubtful reputation, and That the App Store is not infallible, and despite having protection measures, some are always sneaking. In addition, not having sensitive information in our gallery or telephone in general will also help, although it happens, they cannot detect anything, since a Screenshot with your keys and users is as insecure as having a post-it on the PC that show them.
And you, have you ever suffered any type of hacking on your iPhone? It is likely that it happened to you without realizing it, since, as we said, these apps collected information, but did not show signs of it, so if they entered any of your social networks, for example, you will not know if it was for this, or for another carelessness, so you have to be careful and common sense. Leave us a comment if you have any similar experience.
