They were all available within the store for the entirety of this year and had thousands of ratings (fake or real) with the number of installs being almost as high. The four apps are now removed from the Mac App Store, after multiple reports to Apple during the last two days. Unarchiver, Open Any Files, and possibly more, are other macOS apps accepted by Apple into their Mac App Store which surreptitiously collect and send large amounts of sensitive data to servers such as browsing history and lists of installed apps. After the Adware Doctor Mac App Store security fiasco and the report confirming that dozens if not hundreds of iOS apps sold location data to third parties unbeknownst to their users, Apple is again under fire regarding its App Stores' review rules and approval mechanisms.Īccording to evidence gathered by the Malware Bytes Labs and a few other security researchers and hobbyists, Dr.
