Security News > 2018 > August > DEF CON 2018: Apple 0-Day (Re)Opens Door to ‘Synthetic’ Mouse-Click Attack

2018-08-12 17:00
Apple 0-Day allows hackers to mimic mouse-clicks for kernel access, despite mitigations.
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https://threatpost.com/def-con-2018-apple-0-day-reopens-door-to-synthetic-mouse-click-attack/134951/
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