Do you think that all the applications you download from App Store, are guaranteed to be safe and there is no need to worry, for example, about them containing malware? Footbridge error! Although it is Apple checks, among other things, for potentially malicious codes that could endanger users, it does not always manage to detect and subsequently "catch" everything. This is exactly the case with the malware nicknamed SparkCat, which began appearing in applications in iOS App Store and which is able to secretly read the content from your screen and record it.
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The new malware was first pointed out by security experts from Kaspersky, according to whom SparkCat has been active since approximately March 2024. In essence, it is supposed to be a slightly modified copy of the malware that arrived on Androids and classic PCs in 2023. What is interesting is that the code is hidden in a module that developers can freely use for their applications, so it is possible that they are not even aware that they are inserting malware into them, because they "just" did not check what they are using for their application. As for specific applications that are said to contain malware, Kaspersky has discovered it in, for example, ComeCome, WeTink or AnyGPT. Fortunately, these are not well-known applications that would record a huge number of downloads.
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We can only hope that Apple will think more about app control, ideally intensifying the security control process and ensuring that no more dangerous apps get onto iPhones. If it cannot ensure this, it will ultimately not matter whether users download apps from alternative app stores or the internet, or from App StoreThe result will be the same – the risk of getting something on your smartphone that doesn't belong there.
