Hackers breached iPhones for years, Google says

a1call · 2019-08-31, 19:35

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There was no target discrimination; simply visiting the hacked site was enough for the exploit server to attack your device
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Using the implant, hackers could access Apple customers' data, including their passwords and personal contacts, as well as messages
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In this case, no user intervention, such as a prompt to click on a link, was required for an iPhone to get inflected.
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Similar and/or possibly worse bugs exist in Android and other operating systems as well.
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https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/goo...rs-2019-08-30/

paulunderwood · 2019-08-31, 21:43

Even us Linux users are vulnerable to such expolits, for example the recent KDE one.

It is remarkable that there is a lack of people to patch up systems.

a1call · 2019-08-31, 22:16

Well philosophically speaking, there are no guarantees in life, on-or-off-line.
I think only the idiots among the hackers will brag about having hacked your system, by letting you know about it.
But fortunately there is always safety in numbers. They will have to self-limit their exploits before they render the entire web unusable.

2019-08-31, 21:43	#2
paulunderwood Sep 2002 Database er0rr 3,739 Posts	Even us Linux users are vulnerable to such expolits, for example the recent KDE one. It is remarkable that there is a lack of people to patch up systems. Last fiddled with by paulunderwood on 2019-08-31 at 21:56 Reason: wrong link initially

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