App Store Malware Scare

http://www.extremetech.com/mobile/214601-the-ios-app-store-has-been-hit-with-its-first-major-malware-scare

The App Store is under attack for the first time in it's history. Often, android has been the target of these attacks, but now Apple is feeling the full effect. Apple is currently taking actions to remove the threat, but it is still very real. Apple has discovered that over 50 apps are currently effected. This malware is called Xcodeghost. This very dangerous piece of malware gives the hackers entire access to any device that is effected by it. Apple has notified the effected apps, and they are re-working the framework of these apps in order to protect against this malware. Luckily, if you uninstall the app with the malware, the malware is also deleted. Apple may have gotten too comfortable over the years with so little attacks, but now they are paying dearly for it.

About Me

            My name is Ryan and I'm a senior at Reading Memorial High School. I had Ms. Conner as a teacher my sophomore year when I took Sports and Entertainment Marketing. That was one of my favorite electives that I've taken at this school and it was also very informative. I took this class because I have not done any computer based classes at the high school yet and I believe it to be an important skill that could be useful for the rest of my life. I wanted to make sure that before I graduated that I would have at least a little bit of knowledge on computers and computer science. I'm looking forward to getting past the basics of this class and into the actual computer science. I want to be able to move on and have a better understanding and a better skill set when it comes to computers. Something you may not know about me is that I'm actually not very skilled with computers at this point in time and that was a big factor when it came to choosing this class. I'm very excited about spending the semester working hard and learning a lot of brand new things about computers and general computer science.