iPhones Under Attack—New Warning As Hackers Target Apple Devices

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Well now it’s back in the headlines, and ThreatFabric warns it’s much improved, with its toolset “increased significantly from 12 to 28 plugins—notably, seven of these plugins have destructive capabilities that can interfere with the device’s boot process.

The plugin architecture means that modules can be deployed as required under the control of an external server, with the objective being to exfiltrate data from the phone to the attackers.

It’s almost certain that the tool is being deployed by Chinese threat actors against victims in China and Hong Kong—there are no signs yet of it being offered further afield, that could change.