Hackers tricked developers into loading thousands of iOS apps with adware, security experts say. XcodeGhost gang took unusual approach to getting malicious code into iOS apps distributed via Apple’s App Store. Apple has not disclosed the number of affected apps, but has listed the top 25 most popular apps that were infected. Apple began yanking the infected apps earlier this week, urging developers to retrieve the bogus Xcode-infected apps and retrieve them. The number of infected apps has been in dispute, with FireEye’s Raymond Wei saying more than 4,000 had been identified.”]

