Aug 30, 2019
Mysterious iOS Attack Changes Everything We Know About iPhone Hacking
Posted by John Gallagher in categories: cybercrime/malcode, mobile phones
Hacking the iPhone has long been considered a rarified endeavor, undertaken by sophisticated nation-states against only their most high-value targets. But a discovery by a group of Google researchers has turned that notion on its head: For two years, someone has been exploiting a rich collection of iPhone vulnerabilities with anything but restraint or careful targeting. And they’ve indiscriminately hacked thousands of iPhones just by getting them to visit a website.