Hundreds of Millions of iPhones Can Be Hacked With a New Tool Found in the Wild

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Researchers revealed the discovery of a hacking technique named DarkSword, google, iVerify, and Lookout jointly revealed the discovery on Wednesday.
IOS 18 was running on close to a quarter of iPhones, apple's count showed nearly a quarter of iPhones ran iOS 18 as of last month.
DarkSword was used on infected websites to hack visiting iOS devices, darkSword was embedded in infected websites.
Coruna was revealed two weeks before the DarkSword disclosure the revelation came two weeks after Coruna was found in use.
DarkSword was used to compromise phones in Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Malaysia, google reported sightings in Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Malaysia.



