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The iOS application does not trigger any alert since it is signed with a certificate from a company named 3-1 Mobile SRL, enrolled in the Apple Developer Enterprise Program. The Android malicious software requires the targeted user to allow the installation of applications from unknown sources.
Google is warning victims in Kazakhstan and Italy that they are being targeted by Hermit, a sophisticated and modular spyware from Italian vendor RCS Labs that not only can steal data but also record and make calls. Researchers from Google Threat Analysis Group revealed details in a blog post Thursday by TAG researchers Benoit Sevens and Clement Lecigne about campaigns that send a unique link to targets to fake apps impersonating legitimate ones to try to get them to download and install the spyware.
Google's Threat Analysis Group revealed today that RCS Labs, an Italian spyware vendor, has received help from some Internet service providers to infect Android and iOS users in Italy and Kazakhstan with commercial surveillance tools. RCS Labs is just one of more than 30 spyware vendors whose activity is currently tracked by Google, according to Google TAG analysts Benoit Sevens and Clement Lecigne.
Apple has introduced a game-changer into its upcoming iOS 16 for those who hate CAPTCHAs, in the form of a feature called Automatic Verification. The feature does exactly what its name alludes to: automatically verifies devices and Apple ID accounts without any action from the user.
A technically sophisticated threat actor known as SeaFlower has been targeting Android and iOS users as part of an extensive campaign that mimics official cryptocurrency wallet websites intending to distribute backdoored apps that drain victims' funds. "As of today, the main current objective of SeaFlower is to modify Web3 wallets with backdoor code that ultimately exfiltrates the seed phrase," Confiant's Taha Karim said in a technical deep-dive of the campaign.
How to always access your locked iOS device We may be compensated by vendors who appear on this page through methods such as affiliate links or sponsored partnerships. If you've recently changed your access password to your iOS device and you repeatedly try your old password only to remember after the device locks that you recently changed the password.
Cisco on Friday rolled out fixes for a medium-severity vulnerability affecting IOS XR Software that it said has been exploited in real-world attacks. Tracked as CVE-2022-20821, the issue relates to an open port vulnerability that could be abused by an unauthenticated, remote attacker to connect to a Redis instance and achieve code execution.
Cisco has addressed a zero-day vulnerability in its IOS XR router software that allowed unauthenticated attackers to remotely access Redis instances running in NOSi Docker containers. The IOS XR Network OS is deployed on multiple Cisco router platforms, including NCS 540 & 560, NCS 5500, 8000, and ASR 9000 series routers.
While pretty much no one is going to utilize the study's findings to attack Apple users in any meaningful way, and only the most high-profile targets may find themselves troubled by all this, it at least provides some insight into what exactly your iOS handheld is up to when it's seemingly off or asleep. According to the research, an Apple iPhone that goes asleep into low-power mode or is turned off isn't necessarily protected against surveillance.
Securing your internet access can mean many things, but we like to think of it as a two-fold approach for both on-device data and network data once your web request has left your device. We'll take a look at how to secure your data on the device and how to protect your data that ISPs might see through iCloud Private Relay and VPNs. How to secure on-device network activity.