Bug Exposes 1,000 iPhone & iPad Apps To Possible Hacks

A widely used piece of networking software had a bug that exposed roughly one thousand iOS apps to the possibility of hacking. 

The bug was in AFNetworking, which is open-source code that is used by at least 20,000 apps, but only 5 percent of them used the specific version and section that contained the bug, as reported by NBC. That 5 percent would not be able to properly use HTTPS, the secure version of the common web protocol.

The flaw does not put all your personal information out there, but does make it easy for a hacker to access it.

You can see if any of your iPhone and iPad apps are vulnerable to this bug, by using this search tool provided by SourceDNA.

If you happen to have apps that are affected, wait for a new version of the app to come out, or you could risk being hacked. If you previously had affected apps, it might be a good idea to change your passwords.