Tag Archives: iPhones

4-year campaign backdoored iPhones using possibly the most advanced exploit ever

reader comments 95 Researchers on Wednesday presented intriguing new findings surrounding an attack that over four years backdoored dozens if not thousands of iPhones, many of which belonged to employees of Moscow-based security firm Kaspersky. Chief among the discoveries: the unknown attackers were able to achieve an unprecedented level of access by exploiting a vulnerability… Read More »

“Clickless” iOS exploits infect Kaspersky iPhones with never-before-seen malware

reader comments 87 with Moscow-based security firm Kaspersky has been hit by an advanced cyberattack that used clickless exploits to infect the iPhones of several dozen employees with malware that collects microphone recordings, photos, geolocation, and other data, company officials said. “We are quite confident that Kaspersky was not the main target of this cyberattack,”… Read More »

Those scary warnings of juice jacking in airports and hotels? They’re mostly nonsense

Aurich Lawson | Getty Images reader comments 246 with Federal authorities, tech pundits, and news outlets want you to be on the lookout for a scary cyberattack that can hack your phone when you do nothing more than plug it into a public charging station. These warnings of “juice jacking,” as the threat has come… Read More »

Facebook shuts down hackers who infected iOS and Android devices

Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) Facebook said it has disrupted a hacking operation that used the social media platform to spread iOS and Android malware that spied on Uyghur people from the Xinjiang region of China. Malware for both mobile OSes had advanced capabilities that could steal just about anything stored on an infected device. The… Read More »