Apple's App Store review team is Rebecca Love - Bewitched Housewives (2007)notoriously fickle about the software it approves for sale. Some companies have found themselves needing to tweak, change, or even totally remove certain features in order for their app to make it through the process.
Yet, somehow, a fake LastPass app made it past this very review team. Even worse, the fraudulent version of LastPass was available for weeks before it was eventually taken down, and only after it was noticed by the LastPass teamthemselves.
"LastPass would like to alert our customers to a fraudulent app attempting to impersonate our LastPass app on the Apple App Store," LastPass wrote on its company website on Wednesday.
The statement points out that the imposter pretending to be the official LastPass app listed an individual by the name of "Parvati Patel" as its developer, instead of LastPass parent company, LogMeIn.
SEE ALSO: What are password managers and how to pick the right one"The app attempts to copy our branding and user interface, though close examination of the posted screenshots reveal misspellings and other indicators the app is fraudulent," LastPass pointed out. Most notably, the fake LastPass app is listed as "LassPass Password Manager" — note the "Lass" in place of "Last."
According to TechCrunch, the LastPass team reached out to Apple to find out more about how "LassPass" survived the iPhone-maker's usually stringent App Store review process. While Apple has not provided any information publicly on this matter, the company has since removed "LassPass Password Manager" from the App Store.
It's unclear, at least for the moment, how many people fell for this scam, just as it's not yet confirmed that the fake app was a phishing attempt, though that would be the most obvious reason to masquerade as a password manager app.
Recently, Apple's app distribution policies have been headline news following the company's release of new rules created in response to the EU's Digital Markets Act (DMA). This new regulation was instituted in order to loosen Apple's control over how third-party apps are distributed on iPhones, allowing users to download apps on alternative marketplaces that are not bound by Apple's App Store content rules or revenue share policies.
In response, Apple engaged in what one critic called "malicious compliance," formulating new, DMA-compliant policies for these alternative marketplaces and the apps distributed on them, including scenarios in which developers potentially pay Apple morethan they would have if they just released their apps through the official App Store. Apple's move was roundly condemned by developers big and small. CEOs from companies like Xbox, Epic Games, Spotify, and even Meta's Mark Zuckerbergcriticized Apple, accusing the company of trying to profit off the DMA.
Why this so-called act of "malicious compliance"? That's the ironic part. The iPhone-maker had opposed the DMA in the first place, taking the position that its walled-garden approach with the App Store keeps consumers safe from bad actors. As TechCrunch highlights, Apple even wrote as such in its own post about its new DMA compliant rules.
"The new options for processing payments and downloading apps on iOS open new avenues for malware, fraud and scams, illicit and harmful content, and other privacy and security threats," Apple saidin its Jan. 25 blog post. And yet, at the time Apple released that statement, "LassPass Password Manager" was already available for download in the official App Store, having been approved four days earlier.
Topics Apple Cybersecurity
This is the fattest of the extremely fat bears
AI, philanthropy, and the pitfalls of machine
Microsoft outage: Users report 365 issues again
Save $8 per month ($24 total) on Disney+ before the October price hikes
NYT Connections hints and answers for May 18: Tips to solve 'Connections' #707.
Best smartwatch deal: Save up to 24% on watches from Apple, Garmin, and Samsung
NYT mini crossword answers for September 12
OpenAI reportedly restructuring as a for
No Time for a Negative Peace
Don't get iPhone 16 Pro Max — here's why iPhone 16 and iPhone 16 Plus are better buys
Google Pixel Buds Pro 2: $40 off at Amazon
Amazon deal of the day: $120 off the Apple iPad Mini
Best headphone deal: Save $150 on Bose QuietComfort Ultra headphones
Spurs vs. Arsenal 2024 livestream: Watch Premier League for free
Alienware M16 Gaming Laptop deal: Save $560
Watch SpaceX's Polaris Dawn mission conduct the first all
AirPods 3rd gen: Just $10 from historic low
NASA spacecraft snaps photo of huge volcano forming on distant world
Wordle today: The answer and hints for April 14, 2025
TikTok ban update: Court case against U.S. government set to begin
The 'Crimes of Grindelwald' script cover is hiding a big clueWhy are clouds disappearing in coastal Southern California?Apple Watch can now play podcasts, become a walkieIt’s time for Apple's next act of courage: Kill the MacBook keyboardUber will resume its selfUber will resume its selfIt's raining glass in parts of Hawaii after Mount Kilauea eruptionNothing screams 'fashion' like these luxury Crocs with builtIt’s time for Apple's next act of courage: Kill the MacBook keyboardSamantha Bee has always been Trump's angriest critic. Good.Moms give Netflix highest brand health ranking above BandThe Best of Nextdoor is the happiest place on the internet right nowYes, you can fool the OnePlus 6's face unlock with a printed selfieAsus has a monster phone for serious mobile gamersYou can bid on a World War I hero's centuryTesla's Autopilot keeps crashing into parked cars. Here's why.The best doughnuts in America, according to our doughApple launches macOS Mojave with Dark Mode, support for some iOS appsTeens are breaking up with Facebook faster than we thought, says studyiOS 12 wish list: What we're hoping Apple will announce at WWDC 2018 Shailene Woodley was just arrested while protesting Dakota Access Pipeline Please help me stop compulsively checking the FiveThirtyEight election forecast LinkedIn finally rolls out video livestreaming service LinkedIn Live Man finds his dishwasher overflowing with suds, so he made this catchy song Instagram users are losing millions of followers due to a bug Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey gives himself a 'C' in 'tech responsibility' 'Metro Exodus' breaks the 'Metro' mold in a sort of boring way: Review 'Pokémon Go' adds the AR photos feature you've been waiting for 'Harry Potter' actor opens up about his struggle with depression 7 women inspiring Twitter on the International Day of Women and Girls in Science Is this the greatest editor's note in the history of editor's notes? Microsoft teases HoloLens 2 in new video Maisie Williams just trolled Sophie Turner with the perfect 'Game of Thrones' meme Finally, a jack People are shook by a very blue Will Smith as Genie in the upcoming 'Aladdin' film TV anchor delivers the perfect side eye while listening to a Trump supporter Study confirms women and people of color dominated the 2018 box office New Barbie dolls will come with wheelchair, prosthetic limb 'Captain Marvel' is also (kind of) a Nick Fury prequel Paris is suing Airbnb for illegal listings
2.5079s , 10131.25 kb
Copyright © 2025 Powered by 【Rebecca Love - Bewitched Housewives (2007)】,Miracle Information Network