Apple blocked 1.7 million apps in 2022 for security threats

More than a million iOS apps were blocked by Apple in 2022 due to privacy, security and content infringement concerns.

Apple blocked more than 1.7 million apps in the App Store in 2022 due to violations of its privacy, security and content policies. The company lost more than $2 billion in revenue due to filtering potentially fraudulent apps. According to the company, its App Store app review team reviews an average of more than 100,000 app submissions weekly.

1.7 million apps blocked by Apple

Thousands of apps and their developers are blocked by Apple. Source: Oficina da Rete; Photographer: Nicolas Müller

According to Apple, the company is committed to preventing fraud in the App Store and, to that end, it has closed 428,000 developer accounts due to fraudulent activity, as well as disabling 282 million fraudulent customer accounts and blocking 105 million account creations developer. due to suspected fraudulent activity.

In 2022, the company says it rejected about 400,000 apps for violating privacy, in which users’ personal data was collected without permission or knowledge. There were also another 153,000 apps that were blocked for misleading users and mimicking already submitted apps. Additionally, 29,000 apps were denied access to the App Store for using undocumented or hidden features.

Apple report on protection against fraudulent apps in the App Store. Source: Apple

Apple reported on its struggle with lack of security and privacy by saying:

In more than one case this year, App Review has found apps that use malicious code with the potential to steal user credentials for third-party services. In other cases, the App Review team identified multiple apps that masqueraded as harmless financial management platforms, but had the ability to transform into another app.

In 2022, nearly 24,000 apps were blocked or removed from the App Store for bait and switch violations like these.

Source: Terra

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