Apple removes top anti-malware apps from its store for “stealing data”

By Waqas Adware Doctor and Trend Micro Apps have been kicked out by Apple. Apple Inc. has always propagated its products as designed with most advanced security and privacy practices. The company has also promoted itself as the only firm that prioritizes and safeguards user privacy. The iOS and M...

No.1 Adware Removal Tool On Apple App Store Caught Spying On Mac Users

A highly popular top-tier app in Apple's Mac App Store that's designed to protect its users from adware and malware threats has been, ironically, found surreptitiously stealing their browsing history without their consent, and sending it to a server in China. What's more concerning? Even after...

No.1 Adware Removal Tool On Apple App Store Caught Spying On Mac Users

A highly popular top-tier app in Apple's Mac App Store that's designed to protect its users from adware and malware threats has been, ironically, found surreptitiously stealing their browsing history without their consent, and sending it to a server in China. What's more concerning? Even after...

Mac App Store apps are stealing user data

There is a concerning trend lately in the Mac App Store. Several security researchers have independently found different apps that are collecting sensitive user data and uploading it to servers controlled by the developer. This is referred to as exfiltrating the data. Some of this data is actuall...

Top MacOS App Exfiltrates Browser Histories Behind Users’ Backs

A top-grossing Apple App Store program called Adware Doctor is capable of sidestepping macOS security controls and surreptitiously copying a user’s entire browser history. It then sends it to a China-based domain. According to Patrick Wardle, chief research officer at Digita Security and founder ...

Popular Mac App Adware Doctor Actually Acts Like Spyware

Adware Doctor has long been one of the top-selling apps in the Mac App Store. But researchers say it harvested browsing data, and sent it to China...