Security News > 2023 > June > New tool scans iPhones for 'Triangulation' malware infection
Cybersecurity firm Kaspersky has released a tool to detect if Apple iPhones and other iOS devices are infected with a new 'Triangulation' malware.
Although the malware analysis is still underway, the cybersecurity firm noted that the 'Operation Triangulation' malware campaign uses an unknown zero-day exploit on iMessage to perform code execution without user interaction and elevated privileges.
In the original report, Kaspersky provided quite a few details on manually checking iOS device backups for possible indicators of compromise by this unknown malware using the Mobile Verification Toolkit.
Connect your device to the computer and can create a backup using the "Idevicebackup2 backup -full" command.
During the backup process, enter your device passcode as requested.
Currently, the exact origin of the malware and the orchestrators of Operation Triangulation remain unknown; hence, the targeting scope and victimology have not been determined.