Google details Coruna, an exploit kit used to hijack iPhones via malicious websites; iVerify suggests it may have been originally built for the US government
A highly sophisticated set of iPhone hijacking techniques has likely infected tens of thousands of phones or more.
Wired Andy Greenberg
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Discussion
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@lukolejnik
Lukasz Olejnik
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Google has identified an iOS exploit kit named Coruna. 5 full exploit chains, 23 vulnerabilities, documentation in native English, modular architecture. Full professionalism. It must have cost millions of dollars. Who built it? Google doesn't say, but the evidence points to US
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@patrickwardle
Patrick Wardle
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A few weeks ago, Apple announce that “iPhone and iPad [are] approved to handle *classified* NATO information” 😂 Turns out even lowly cybercriminals were (ab)using 0days to hack Apple devices 🙈 https://www.wired.com/...
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@c2iris
@c2iris
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This was almost certainly the result of Peter Williams' traitorous conduct.
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@vxunderground
@vxunderground
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Yeah, so basically Mandiant and iVerify released a paper today about this spoopy thingy called “Coruna”. Coruna is very, very silly. Mandiant and iVerify discovered SOMEONE (they don't say who) developed some hardcore iOS zero day exploits. It exploited how iOS devices handled [i…
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@_danielsinclair
Daniel Sinclair
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In case you're wondering what Ethereum wallets are up against: Crypto thieves got their hands on a highly sophisticated NSA exploit toolkit and zero-click (iOS 13 - 17.4) and used it to deploy key stealer payloads against mobile wallets. https://cloud.google.com/...
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@mandiant
@mandiant
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Coruna exploit kit is targeting iOS. Coruna leverages 23 exploits against Apple devices running iOS 13-17.2.1. It is being used for espionage, and by financially motivated actors to steal crypto. Update your iOS devices, and learn more about this threat: https://cloud.google.com/…
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@godisvoluntary
@godisvoluntary
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More reason to keep Lockdown enabled on Apple devices.
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@darkwebinformer
@darkwebinformer
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‼️ Google has uncovered a Coruna iOS exploit kit tied to U.S. origins https://cloud.google.com/... [image]
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@a_greenberg
Andy Greenberg
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A full iOS exploit toolkit, “Coruna,” has been found in the wild, hacking iPhones that visited infected websites, used by Russian spies targeting Ukrainians and thieves targeting Chinese crypto holders. And it may have been created for the US government. https://www.wired.com/...
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@joparkerbear
@joparkerbear
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First of all, this is very, very bad. — Second, the vulnerabilities were allegedly patched in iOS 26 (according to Google), but that does not help the iPhone users who were already hacked. — Finally, why the FUCK am i learning about this from GOOGLE? Show your fucking face, …
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@ssg.dev
Sedat Kapanoğlu
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this is why encryption backdoors for government use is a terrible idea. because once they're in place, they'll eventually be used by malicious actors. — > A Possible US Government iPhone-Hacking Toolkit Is Now in the Hands of Foreign Spies and Criminals
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@couts
Andrew Couts
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NEW: Researchers at Google and @iverify.bsky.social discovered a set of iPhone-hacking techniques that has the characteristics of hacking tools made for the US gov't. Apple patched the 23 vulnerabilities in its latest version of iOS. @agreenberg.bsky.social reports: www.wired.co…
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