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Spyware alert! Have iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch? Update your device NOW!
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Spyware alert! Have iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch? Update your device NOW!

[ad_1] Scary spyware is attacking Apple products and putting users at risk. According to Kaspersky, spyware has been discovered on iPhones owned by employees in its Moscow office as well as in other countries. They exploit iMessage zero-click vulnerabilities and take advantage of iOS bugs.How does it work? A report by Kaspersky suggested that after acquiring root privileges on the targeted iPhone or iOS devices by exploiting a kernel vulnerability, the attackers install an implant named TriangleDB. This implant works in the device's memory, ensuring that all evidence of its presence is erased when rebooted. Resultantly, if the victim restarts their device, the attackers must reinfect it by sending an iMessage containing a malicious attachment, initiating the entire exploitation process ...
After shocking accusations fly, Apple fixes iPhones bug used in Russian hacks
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After shocking accusations fly, Apple fixes iPhones bug used in Russian hacks

[ad_1] Apple has announced on Wednesday that it has resolved two security deficiencies found in iPhones and iPads, which were exploited to hack devices in Russia. These flaws were part of a significant campaign that Russian intelligence attributed to the United States, Washington Post reported.The credit for discovering these flaws goes to researchers from Kaspersky Lab, a Russian security software maker. Kaspersky had revealed three weeks ago that its senior employees were among the targeted individuals. Simultaneously, Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) accused the National Security Agency (NSA) of being responsible, but no evidence or explanation was provided to support this claim. The NSA has not responded to this accusation. According to Kaspersky, the attack method involved s...
Scary bug may be stealing your data? Update your iPhone to iOS 16.3 NOW
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Scary bug may be stealing your data? Update your iPhone to iOS 16.3 NOW

[ad_1] If you're an iPhone user and you still have not updated your device to iOS 16.3, then you need to do it now. There is a dangerous bug in the previous versions of iOS 16, which may have given third-party apps access to your private data. Due to a bug in Apple Maps, other apps may have been able to track the user's location even when they did not share the permission. This is a scary situation. However, Apple has provided a patch to this bug in the iOS 16.3 update, which was rolled out on January 24.iOS 16.3 fixes the Apple Maps bugThe information regarding the bug patch was revealed in the support documents released by Apple. This is separate from patch notes which comes with every update and a user can see it on the description page itself. The document revealed the following in...