Apple made strides with iOS 26 security, but leaked hacking tools still leave millions exposed to spyware attacks

Coruna and DarkSword were used in broad-scale hacking campaigns documented by Google, iVerify, and Lookout.

Have been leaked online leak allows others to reuse the code to launch attacks.

IPhone users on iOS 26 have Memory Integrity Enforcement feature designed to stop memory corruption bugs on iPhone 17 models running iOS 26.

DarkSword relied heavily on memory corruption bugs assessment reported by Google.

Older iPhones remain vulnerable to memory-based attacks users running iOS 18 or earlier can be targeted by exploits.