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Kaspersky/Securelist researchers detail zero-click iPhone exploit involving four distinct zero-day vulnerabilities, including undocumented hardware features in iPhone chips (securelist.com)
submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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[–] [email protected] 53 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (2 children)

What the other dude said, but the level of sophistication was miles beyond what you typically see from even nation states. The takeaway is you cannot defend yourself from a nation that wants your information.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 10 months ago

Well, it certainly helps when that nation gets to build hardware backdoors into the stuff you buy.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Iirc lockdown mode would prevent this exploit from working

[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago

Lockdown mode was released by Apple after these devices had already been infected for 3+ years, and was a response to evidence that iMessage preview functionality was already actively being exploited to spy on people.