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Critical Alert: Outdated iOS Versions on iPhones Expose Your Personal Data to Risk
Kaspersky, a Russian multinational cybersecurity and anti-virus provider has reported the malicious attachment conveyed through iMessage that executes code to collect the personal data from the users.
We've discovered a new cyberattack against iOS called Triangulation.
— Eugene Kaspersky (@e_kaspersky) June 1, 2023
The attack starts with iMessage with a malicious attachment, which, using a number of vulnerabilities in iOS installs spyware. No user action is required.#IOSTriangulation pic.twitter.com/daxEYZwXwD
Eugene Kaspersky, CEO of Kaspersky has Tweeted about this spyware on their Twitter handle. This malware is sent to the iPhones with iMessages to take out the personal information of iOS users such as recordings, photos, Locations, etc. After taking out personal data from the users it is transmitted to the remote servers.
According to Kaspersky, This spyware is founded on tons of employees who are using iPhones and also trying to target more iPhone Users also. Also, the company said that after installing the malware in the device it automatically deletes the text and the attachment of the iMessage. iOS users who are using iOS version 15.7 are targeted with this spyware. Till now the users of iOS 16 are safe But we don’t know if they are properly safe or not because Kaspersky has not mentioned it yet.
The Company, Kaspersky has named this cyberattack threat as “Operation Triangulation.” That targets the iPhones running an older version of iOS. Apple’s CEO, Tim Cook said iOS users to disable iMessage from their iPhones. To get rid of this, you have to turn off iMessage from your iPhone.
How to Turn off iMessage from your iPhone?
- First, you have to open Settings.
- In Settings, click messages
- Then, Toggle Off the iMessage.
How to check this spyware in your iPhone?
On 2 June 2023, Friday. Russian-based Cybersecurity company, Kaspersky has released a tool to detect this spyware from your iPhones.
Apple released an update in February 2023, for iPhones, iPads, and Macs to fix major issues with iOS 16.3 and macOS 13.2. Apple has also provided credit to the debuggers who found distortions that authorized remote users to bypass the protection of Apple and get access to the personal user data of the users also the Microphone, History of the Calls, and Camera.
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