I choose not to call them scams but crimes.
The Apple App Store is well curated, that is one of Apple’s selling points for its products – the added security this curation brings. But of course, the threat actors are always looking for ways to squeeze past this curation. Apple and these criminals are in a constant contest.
Here is Apple’s report on that contest:
App Store stopped more than $2 billion in fraudulent transactions in 2022 – Apple
Here are Apple’s headline score on protecting it’s users.
Your takeaway from this though is that althougn Apple in proactive in defending the App Store and its devices – staff still gets past them and you need to have your Apple devices included for monitoring and patching in your Cyber Security Master Document.
Clive Catton MSc (Cyber Security) – by-line and other articles
