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Pierluigi Paganini August 24, 2021

New zero-click exploit used to target Bahraini activists’ iPhones with NSO spyware

Citizen Lab uncovered a new zero-click iMessage exploit that was used to deploy the NSO Group’s Pegasus spyware on devices belonging to Bahraini activists. Researchers from Citizen Lab spotted a zero-click iMessage exploit that was used to deploy NSO Group’s Pegasus spyware on Bahraini activists’ devices. The iPhones of nine activists, including members of the Bahrain Center for Human […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 20, 2021

WiFiDemon – Recently discovered iPhone Wi-Fi bug could also allow RCE

A recently discovered iPhone Wi-Fi bug that could crash the WiFi connectivity could be exploited by attackers to achieve remote code execution. In June, the researcher Carl Schou discovered a new bug in iPhone that can permanently break users’ WiFi by disabling it, the issue could be triggered by simply connecting to a rogue hotspot. Once an […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 20, 2021

This bug can permanently break iPhone WiFi connectivity

A new bug in iPhone can permanently break users’ WiFi by disabling it, the issue could be triggered by simply connecting to a rogue hotspot. The researcher Carl Schou discovered a new bug in iPhone that can permanently break users’ WiFi by disabling it, the issue could be triggered by simply connecting to a rogue […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 13, 2021

Court documents show FBI could use a tool to access private Signal messages on iPhones

Court documents obtained by Forbes revealed that the FBI may have a tool that allows accessing private Signal messages on iPhones. Court documents related to a recent gun-trafficking case in New York and obtained by Forbes revealed that the FBI may have a tool to access private Signal messages. The documents revealed that encrypted messages can be intercepted from […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 21, 2020

Zero-day exploit used to hack iPhones of Al Jazeera employees

Tens of Al Jazeera employees were targeted in a cyber espionage campaign leveraging a zero-click iOS zero-day vulnerability to hack their iPhones. Researchers from Citizen Lab reported that at least 36 Al Jazeera employees were targeted in a cyber espionage campaign leveraging a zero-click iOS zero-day vulnerability to hack their iPhones. The attackers used an […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 02, 2020

Google discloses a zero-click Wi-Fi exploit to hack iPhone devices

Google Project Zero expert Ian Beer on Tuesday disclosed a critical “wormable” iOS flaw that could have allowed to hack iPhone devices. Google Project Zero white-hat hacker Ian Beer has disclosed technical details of a critical “wormable” iOS bug that could have allowed a remote attacker to take over any device in the vicinity over […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 22, 2020

Hacking Apple iPhones and iPads by sending emails to the victims

Two zero-day flaws in the default mailing app pre-installed on iPhones and iPads allow attackers to hack the devices just by sending emails. Experts at cybersecurity firm ZecOps have discovered two zero-day vulnerabilities in iPhone and iPad devices that have been exploited in a series of attacks that targeted iOS high-profile users since at least January 2018. […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 14, 2019

A malvertising campaign targets iPhone users with Krampus-3PC

A malvertising campaign that involved more than 100 publisher websites targeted iPhone users to deliver the Smart Krampus-3PC Malware. According to The Media Trust’s Digital Security & Operations (DSO) team, iPhone users have been targeted by a malvertising campaign that has impacted more than 100 publisher websites, including online newspapers and international weekly news magazines. […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 12, 2019

AirDoS attack could make iPhones, iPads unusable via AirDrop attack

This week, Apple addressed a flaw that can be exploited to trigger a DoS condition (AirDoS) iPhones and iPads by forcing them to continuously display a popup message. The denial-of-service (DoS) attack was discovered by The security researcher Kishan Bagaria devised a DoS attack dubbed the AirDoS that works against iPhone, iPad, Mac and iPod. The […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 12, 2019

Facebook is secretly using iPhone’s camera as users scroll their feed

New problems for Facebook, it seems that the social networking giant is secretly using the camera while iPhone users are scrolling their feed. Is this another privacy issue for Facebook? The iPhone users Joshua Maddux speculates that Facebook might be actively using your camera without your knowledge while you’re scrolling your feed. Maddux published footage […]

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New zero-click exploit used to target Bahraini activists’ iPhones with NSO spyware

WiFiDemon – Recently discovered iPhone Wi-Fi bug could also allow RCE

This bug can permanently break iPhone WiFi connectivity

Court documents show FBI could use a tool to access private Signal messages on iPhones

Zero-day exploit used to hack iPhones of Al Jazeera employees

Google discloses a zero-click Wi-Fi exploit to hack iPhone devices

Hacking Apple iPhones and iPads by sending emails to the victims

A malvertising campaign targets iPhone users with Krampus-3PC

AirDoS attack could make iPhones, iPads unusable via AirDrop attack

Facebook is secretly using iPhone’s camera as users scroll their feed

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