According to Google hackers, iPhone hacking spree has been going on for years.
In July 2014, Google announced Project Zero where a team of ethical hackers was to be employed in order to find undiscovered vulnerabilities called zero-day exploits across the internet. The goal was to prevent these newfound bugs from being exploited by criminals who may be standalone hackers to state-sponsored ones.
Recently, everyone’s favorite phone manufacturer seems to be at a threat. Earlier we reported how iPhone cables could be tinkered with to hack your iPhone and now, well, even that isn’t required. In the latest, the Threat Analysis Group(TAG) from Project Zero has discovered certain malicious websites that when visited could stealthily hack into a user’s iPhone and access privy data such as messages, photos, and one’s location.
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Known as the “Watering Hole Attack;” an alarming factor here happens to be the fact that these compromised websites receive thousands of visitors and every user can potentially be compromised if the exploit initiated against them is successful thereby installing a monitoring implant.
Moreover, Apple happens to be reputed for its high sec ..
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