Whoa! Apple’s vaunted security system let malware through

Apple has always held up the security of its app ecosystem as the standard to aspire to. The company’s rigorous process to ensure that apps which could harm your device and your privacy do not make it to the App store is one of the reasons it cites for disallowing app downloads from any other platform. And also the reason Apple says it is justified in charging a 30 per cent commission on all revenues made on downloading apps and through in-app purchases — something developers, most recently Epic Games, has protested about.

Yet, security researchers have found that a malware was inadvertently passed through Apple’s ‘security scanners’ to run on Mac systems, TechCrunch reported.