"Russia and US Accuse Each Other of iPhone Hacking for Spying Purposes"
Kaspersky has detected a new iOS hacking campaign, called Operation Triangulation, that has been ongoing since 2019 and utilized multiple vulnerabilities in Apple's iOS mobile operating system to take control of victim devices. The attack chain utilized "zero-click" exploitation to compromise targets' devices by simply sending a specially crafted message to victims over Apple's iMessage service. The malware discovered cannot persist on a device once it is rebooted, but the researchers saw evidence of reinfection in some cases. The exact nature of the vulnerabilities used in the exploit chain remains unclear, though Kaspersky says that one of the flaws was likely the kernel extension vulnerability CVE-2022-46690 that Apple patched in December.
- Kaspersky Says New Zero-Day Malware Hit iPhones—Including Its Own WIRED
- Russia says US hacked thousands of Apple phones in spy plot Reuters
- Kremlin says NSA and Apple are behind “clickless” exploits hitting Kaspersky iPhones Ars Technica
- Kremlin Accuses the NSA of Spying on Russian iPhone Users Gizmodo
- Russia accuses US of hacking thousands of Apple devices to spy on diplomats The Record by Recorded Future
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