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HomeKit exploit used for spyware attacks on iPhones, says Amnesty International

Amnesty International says a security vulnerability in HomeKit was used to target iPhones belonging to Serbian journalists and activists. The...

The company purchases so-called zero-day vulnerabilities (ones that are unknown to Apple) from hackers, and its software is said to be capable of mounting zero-click exploits – where no user interaction is required by the target. [They then] contacted the Belgrade-based SHARE Foundation who worked with Amnesty International and Access Now to carry out separate forensic analyses of iPhones from both notified individuals […] Amnesty International has frequently found similar iCloud accounts used to send zero-click Pegasus attacks to target devices over iMessage […]

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