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Apple sends new warning about mercenary spyware attacks to iPhone users. Should you worry now?
Though mercenary spyware attacks are rare and typically sent only to targeted individuals, Apple has alerted iPhone users about them for the second time this year.
"It's really important to recognize that mercenary spyware, unlike others, is deliberately designed with advanced capabilities, including zero-day exploits, complex obfuscation techniques, and self-destruct mechanisms, making it highly effective and hard to detect," Krishna Vishnubhotla, VP of product strategy at mobile security provider Zimperium, told ZDNET back in April. Although such attacks are often state-sponsored, Apple removed that term from its alert and from the latest update to its support page, after facing pressure from the Indian government about linking such breaches to state actors, a source with direct knowledge told Reuters. You can also protect yourself against such attacks by turning on Lockdown Mode, which disables or limits key features and settings to prevent the spyware from stealing sensitive data.
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