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Kaspersky/Securelist researchers detail zero-click iPhone exploit involving four distinct zero-day vulnerabilities, including undocumented hardware features in iPhone chips (securelist.com)
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[โ€“] nix@merv.news 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Iirc lockdown mode would prevent this exploit from working

[โ€“] GamingChairModel@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago

Lockdown mode was released by Apple after these devices had already been infected for 3+ years, and was a response to evidence that iMessage preview functionality was already actively being exploited to spy on people.