Games on Apple’s App Store connected with a server used to spread malware

If you’ve ever downloaded a free game or app on your phone, you couldn’t have missed all the ads that are usually generously spread across menus and pop up between screens. And while they are always annoying, sometimes they can be dangerous too.

A few games on the App Store raised concerns with the digital security company Wandera, TechCrunch reported. The dubious activity that caught Wandera’s attention was that the games, 14 in total and mostly ports of retro/classic games, were communicating with the same server that was used to spread the Golduck malware (malicious software).

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