iPhone Spyware – pressnews

[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 ...

[ad_1] At least 50 U.S. government staffers stationed in 10 countries were targeted with commercial hacking tools, commonly known as spyware, according to a senior administration official, highlighting the growing threat caused by offensive cyber vendors and prompting the White House to introduce rules to hinder the spying.U.S. President Joseph Biden will sign an executive order on Monday intended to curb the malicious use of digital spy tools around the globe, which target U.S. personnel and civil society. While it has not been previously reported that so many U.S. government staff were targeted in this way, in 2021 Reuters reported that Apple Inc iPhones of at least nine U.S. State Department employees were targeted by an unknown assailant using sophisticated spyware developed by an ...

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50 US govt employees hit with spyware