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Yikes. This kinda stuff doesn’t help Apple make the compelling case they think they’re making… https://t.co/BplyyKuLtD
— Parker Ortolani (@ParkerOrtolani) April 15, 2021
This is why when the AppStore was first announced I thought the whole “no private APIs” thing was just a suggestion that no one would take seriously, just like on the Mac. It just seemed impossible to enforce (especially with ObjC). Just performSelector: after a certain date... https://t.co/Z9wTdBmlmt
— Francisco Tolmasky (@tolmasky) April 15, 2021
I thought Apple’s App Store was supposed to protect us from the evils of scams. Instead, apps like this slip through all of the time ? https://t.co/MiC1Y5AdYt
— Tom Warren (@tomwarren) April 14, 2021
This is SO super ultra shady, and so smart to find it. Isn't it about time Apple started putting Kosta on some sort of incentive payment, like an App Store version of Pwn2own, for finding these things?
— Charles Arthur (@charlesarthur) April 15, 2021
Or... put anyone on it, like bug bounties? App bounties? https://t.co/eX3HqNWi66
A native app for iOS that looks like a simple game, but if you are in some countries, it morphs into a casino app. It seems a web app within a webview; it doesn't need to be a native app. The scam is to make users trust it and use their credit cards because it's in the AppStore. https://t.co/eRysmSfRpt
— Maximiliano Firtman (@firt) April 16, 2021
It’s amazing that one man, @keleftheriou, continues to find these scams that Apple has been completely oblivious to. https://t.co/FoN1laDmLz
— Brent Dirks (@BrentDirks) April 15, 2021
Let’s repeat the mantra: @AppStore is not for security it is for exercising control over the monopoly https://t.co/UnfWbAlKhW
— Stefan Esser (@i0n1c) April 16, 2021
These threads never stop. The App Store already is a “flea market” https://t.co/utIew0hXQ2
— Peter Steinberger (@steipete) April 14, 2021
This is exactly what Epic’s lawsuit would get us more of, no? https://t.co/h6qP61dz0u
— Sam Bowman (@s8mb) April 16, 2021
This @AppStore app pretends to be a silly platformer game for children 4+, but if I set my VPN to Turkey and relaunch it becomes an online casino that doesn’t even use Apple’s IAP.
— Kosta Eleftheriou (@keleftheriou) April 15, 2021
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You just can’t review millions of apps effectively. I think the App Store has just gone beyond any scale imagined and like the iTunes App of old needs to be rethought and reworked https://t.co/72m9qLcUZs
— Michael Gartenberg (@Gartenberg) April 15, 2021
Other than user reports, how would you detect something like this? https://t.co/4GnDMqwi1C
— Lisa Brewster (@Adora) April 16, 2021
This is the craziest one yet lmao https://t.co/pDYAQ3Nhe7
— Tanner B ?? (@NSExceptional) April 15, 2021
I’m now being alerted it’s not just Turkey. The app behaves like a casino in other countries too, like Italy and Kazakhstan.
— Kosta Eleftheriou (@keleftheriou) April 15, 2021
Presumably it’s everywhere other than the US? https://t.co/hgfIVPCr3O
Apple boots children's game that was front for online casino from App Store https://t.co/ROwJjDbJMf
— iMore (@iMore) April 16, 2021
“Earlier in 2021, Eleftheriou pointed out the number of scam apps on the App Store affecting his business.”
— Kosta Eleftheriou (@keleftheriou) April 16, 2021
s/affecting/stealing/https://t.co/LYTFipTlYx
“This revelation comes after a steady drip of malicious apps have been discovered”
— Kosta Eleftheriou (@keleftheriou) April 16, 2021
“Apple has not responded to Threatpost’s request for comment. One of its former marketing directors however took to Twitter to express his feelings” ?https://t.co/vFcJx3cGot
iOS Kids Game Morphs into Underground Crypto Casino https://t.co/Uu6mTySjTI #news #cybersecurity #infosec pic.twitter.com/AMxch8j42A
— DeepFriedCyber (@DeepFriedCyber) April 16, 2021
애플 앱스토어에서 어린이 게임으로 위장한 암호화폐 기반 ▨▨▨ 앱 호스팅
— lunamoth (@lunamoth) April 16, 2021
(스팸 오인으로 트위터 잠금 처리 될까봐 ▨▨▨ 로 표기합니다)
Apple’s App Store hosted kiddie games with secret gambling dens inside - The Verge https://t.co/lsxtXqp6Ri