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Possible US Government iPhone-Hacking Toolkit in foreign spy and criminal hands

Possible US Government iPhone-Hacking Toolkit in foreign spy and criminal hands

alwillis

Comments (66)

  • oxfeed65261
  • jesse_dot_id
    It seems as though you can basically do anything in this administration if the money is right, so selling state secrets free of punishment sounds about right to me.
  • Obscurity4340
    > Google also notes that Coruna checks if an iOS devices has Apple's most stringent security setting, known as Lockdown Mode, enabled, and doesn’t attempt to hack it if so.
  • zem
    it's also in maga and doge hands, which is arguably more dangerous for the country right now
  • markus_zhang
    Many components of Coruna have never been seen before, he points out, and the whole toolkit appears to have been created by a “single author,” as he puts it. I wonder who wrote it. Must be someone really good at it. Someone who might never give a talk in a conference.
  • dlev_pika
    Binders with classified information were hosted in a bathroom at a country club, so…you know…
  • testaburger
    does tahoe 26.3 protect against this?
  • simulator5g
    “The Coruna Virus”. Nice.
  • stock_toaster
    With this administration? Color me unsurprised.
  • shell0x
    Trump ruined America's reputation forever imho.He keeps changing his mind every day and keeps talking bullshit. At this point the trashy drug dealer trying to sell to school kids is more reputable than the USA
  • varispeed
    Whenever I point out that Apple's "security by obscurity" strategy is a complete failure I get downvotes.Person suspecting their iPhone has been hacked has no way to check it. Apple only offer cope mechanism in form of "lockdown mode", which likely can be bypassed just as well.This situation shows that Apple devices are not secure and liability.They'll likely protect your grandma from getting low effort malware, but if you are a CEO - buy something else.
  • happyopossum
    "Possible" stripped from the headline on HN. That word seems particularly important given that it's speculative:"Clues suggest it was originally built for the US government."
  • mentalgear
    How could something as sensitive get out of an administration as competent as the current one? At least they have no access to lets say AI or autonomous weapons and the tools of mass surveillance ...
  • theearling
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  • doctorpangloss
    the government doesn't have superpowerful code crackers thoughit has a guy working at apple who introduces the subtle vulnerability he is instructed to do
  • butILoveLife
    Meanwhile last time I checked, Android bug bounty is higher.iPhone makes you an easy target. Sorry Besos, security through obscurity was a bad idea... but you should have known better.
  • auslegung
    > In total, Coruna takes advantage of 23 distinct vulnerabilities in iOS, a rare collection of hacking components that suggests it was created by a well-resourced, likely state-sponsored group of hackers.People have been hacking iOS since before it was called iOS and they weren't necessarily "well-resourced, likely state-sponsored". See geohot
  • everdrive
    No matter the risk, I must carry my smartphone everywhere and install every app. It would be unimaginable to have the urge to look something up, but then wait to do it later until I'm using a real computer. No negative outcome will EVER shake my deep, permanent need to carry a smartphone all the time and use it for as much as possible.