{"id":263271,"date":"2026-01-25T13:41:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-25T13:41:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/263271\/"},"modified":"2026-01-25T13:41:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-25T13:41:08","slug":"stop-using-this-app-on-your-iphone-warning-issued-for-apple-users","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/263271\/","title":{"rendered":"Stop Using This App On Your iPhone\u2014Warning Issued For Apple Users"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" top-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1769348468_507_0x0.jpg\" alt=\"Shocked man on his cellphone in the dark.\" data-height=\"2742\" data-width=\"4106\" fetchpriority=\"high\" style=\"position:absolute;top:0\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Is this app on your phone?<\/p>\n<p>getty<\/p>\n<p>Your data leaks through your phone. This happens because apps abuse permissions and then share or sell your information liberally. But sometimes the threat is even more serious and more alarming than that.<\/p>\n<p>You should check out a website collated by the security researchers at Covert Labs, which has been dubbed \u201c<a class=\"color-link\" href=\"https:\/\/firehound.covertlabs.io\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-ga-track=\"ExternalLink:https:\/\/firehound.covertlabs.io\/\" aria-label=\"the insecure app store\">the insecure app store<\/a>.\u201d It currently includes \u201c167 iOS apps scanned,\u201d of which the researchers say \u201c165 (have) exposed data.\u201d <\/p>\n<p><a class=\"embed-base color-body color-body-border link-embed embed-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/zakdoffman\/2026\/01\/24\/apples-upgrade-decision-just-6-weeks-to-change-your-iphone\/\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Apple\u2019s Upgrade Decision\u2014Just 6 Weeks To Change Your iPhone\" data-ga-track=\"forbesEmbedly:https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/zakdoffman\/2026\/01\/24\/apples-upgrade-decision-just-6-weeks-to-change-your-iphone\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">ForbesApple\u2019s Upgrade Decision\u2014Just 6 Weeks To Change Your iPhoneBy Zak Doffman<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The team says it\u2019s looking to shore up vulnerabilities, not just expose apps. \u201cIf you are the developer of an application listed in our registry,\u201d it says, \u201ccontact our security team. We will promptly remove your listing and provide guidance on remediation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But sometimes the risks are high. \u201cSTOP USING THIS APP IMMEDIATELY,\u201d one of the Covert Labs team has just <a class=\"color-link\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Harrris0n\/status\/2013000392846856456\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-ga-track=\"ExternalLink:https:\/\/x.com\/Harrris0n\/status\/2013000392846856456\" aria-label=\"posted\">posted<\/a> on X. &#8220;I discovered a critical vulnerability in the \u2018Chat &amp; Ask AI\u2019 app that exposes the entire chat history of over 18 million users.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>That amounts to \u201c380 million messages, completely accessible to anyone who knows where to look.<\/p>\n<p>This is as bad as it gets.<\/p>\n<p>Every message you\u2019ve ever sent through this app is sitting there unprotected.\u201d And that includes anything personal or sensitive that might have been shared. \u201cMental health struggles, relationship problems, financial situations, medical questions, things you&#8217;d never tell another person.\u201d\n<\/p>\n<p>The hope is that app developers reach out as requested and plug these leaky holes. There is no suggestion the leaking is deliberate. And the team can help guide on how to resolve. But in the meantime, it\u2019s worth iPhone users taking a quick look at this website, just in case any of these apps are on your device.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"embed-base color-body color-body-border link-embed embed-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/zakdoffman\/2026\/01\/24\/really-dangerous-google-changes-android-for-all-users\/\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Google Changes Android To Stop You Installing \u2018Dangerous\u2019 Apps\" data-ga-track=\"forbesEmbedly:https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/zakdoffman\/2026\/01\/24\/really-dangerous-google-changes-android-for-all-users\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">ForbesGoogle Changes Android To Stop You Installing \u2018Dangerous\u2019 AppsBy Zak Doffman<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Per <a class=\"color-link\" href=\" https:\/\/www.techradar.com\/computing\/cyber-security\/welcome-to-the-ai-slop-security-crisis-these-198-ios-apps-were-found-leaking-private-chats-and-user-locations\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-ga-track=\"ExternalLink:https:\/\/www.techradar.com\/computing\/cyber-security\/welcome-to-the-ai-slop-security-crisis-these-198-ios-apps-were-found-leaking-private-chats-and-user-locations\" aria-label=\"Tech Radar\">Tech Radar<\/a>, \u201cThe fact that many of the leakiest apps are related to AI isn\u2019t too surprising. In the rush to capitalize on the AI goldmine, it\u2019s likely that many developers have cut corners or implemented lax security measures in order to get their app out the door and onto the App Store.\u201d Hopefully, those corners can now be un-cut.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"color-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.macworld.com\/article\/3037768\/ai-apps-expose-your-data-on-the-app-store.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-ga-track=\"ExternalLink:https:\/\/www.macworld.com\/article\/3037768\/ai-apps-expose-your-data-on-the-app-store.html\" aria-label=\"MacWorld\">MacWorld<\/a> says the website \u201ccan be used as a source to check the security of an AI app they may be considering in the App Store. How did these apps get onto the App Store with their security holes in the first place? That is unknown.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Is this app on your phone? getty Your data leaks through your phone. This happens because apps abuse&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":263272,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[104644,67281,104645,61,73237,74607,104643,58876,60,80],"class_list":{"0":"post-263271","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-technology","8":"tag-apple-confirm-attack","9":"tag-apple-spyware","10":"tag-apple-update-now-warning-iphone","11":"tag-ie","12":"tag-ios-26-vs-ios-18","13":"tag-ios-26-2","14":"tag-ios-26-3","15":"tag-ios-26-4","16":"tag-ireland","17":"tag-technology"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/263271","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=263271"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/263271\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/263272"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=263271"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=263271"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=263271"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}