iOS Archives

Google reveals two global spyware campaigns targeting Apple and Android devices

The operations are just the latest example of the proliferation of sophisticated spyware among private vendors, Google says.

Mar 29, 2023 By AJ Vicens

BARCELONA, SPAIN – JANUARY 29: A Bitcoin ATM machine, to buy or sell cryptocurrencies, is placed within a safety cage on January 29, 2021 in Barcelona, Spain. The European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation (Europol) and local law enforcement busted an allegedly fraudulent scam posing as a firm that specialized in cryptocurrency and foreign exchange investment training out of Andorra. (Photo by Cesc Maymo/Getty Images)

Romance scammers exploit Apple’s developer program to spread fake cryptocurrency apps

Swindlers have defrauded victims out of $1.4 million with the romance scam.

Oct 13, 2021 By Tonya Riley

Apple patches zero-day flaw that hackers may have exploited

Other details about the vulnerability were thin.

Jul 27, 2021 By Tim Starks

An Israeli woman uses her iPhone in front of the building housing the Israeli NSO group, on August 28, 2016, in Herzliya, near Tel Aviv. – (Photo by JACK GUEZ/AFP via Getty Images)

Sweeping report details how NSO Group spyware leverages iOS software for surveillance

A new report reveals the extent of the spyware company's reach.

Jul 19, 2021 By Tonya Riley

A rattlesnake is seen in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on November 12, 2019. (Photo by CARL DE SOUZA / AFP) (Photo by CARL DE SOUZA/AFP via Getty Images)

Facebook tackles hacking groups with apparent ties to Palestine, Hamas

Facebook said it took steps to halt hackers associated with Hamas, as well as Palestine's Preventive Security Service.

Apr 21, 2021 By Tim Starks

Xinjiang — A Uyghur is tested at a temperature checkpoint on June 29, 2020 in Kuqa, China. (Photo by David Liu/Getty Images)

China-based hackers used front companies to hack Uighurs, Facebook says

Facebook’s investigators traced the Android developers to Beijing Best United Technology and Dalian 9Rush Technology.

Mar 24, 2021 By Sean Lyngaas

Ian Beer's iOS exploit for Google Project Zero — Google Project Zero analyst Ian Beer spent six months working on an exploit that allows him to get complete control of nearby iPhones. (Screenshot / YouTube)

An iOS exploit that enables iPhone takeover is cybersecurity researcher’s ‘work of art’

Researcher Ian Beer earned high praise for his persistence in working out the attack, which involves an iPhone feature called Apple Wireless Direct Link.

Dec 2, 2020 By Joe Warminsky

iOS kernel exploits — Google’s Project Zero discovered three critical iOS bugs (Pexels)

Apple releases patches for 3 iOS zero-days that hackers used for targeted attacks

Two of the bugs affect the kernel, in the core of the device’s operating system.

Nov 6, 2020 By Sean Lyngaas

Zero-day broker: Stop sending us Apple bugs, we have enough already

A spike in submissions means "the security level of that product is decreasing," the CEO of Zerodium told CyberScoop.

May 13, 2020 By Jeff Stone

Google researcher beefs up iMessage security by demonstrating clickless exploit

Google's Samuel Gross poked holes in some conventional wisdom around iOS.

Jan 9, 2020 By Sean Lyngaas