Apple iPhone, iPod and iPad apps could be vulnerable to hackers. (Photo: Shutterstock)

If you’re one of the more than 63 million iPhone users, there may be a hidden security flaw in one of your more popular apps. SourceDNA, a cybersecurity firm, identified “a major flaw” hidden in a specific version of the AFNetworking software used in about 100,000 iOS apps out of the 1.4 million available that allows hackers to bypass the SSL security certificate.

Upon further research, SourceDNA identified 1,000 apps used by iPhones, iPods and iPads that are actually affected by the security flaw which allows what they called the “proverbial coffee shop attacker to easily bypass SSL and see all of your app’s user credentials and banking data.”


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