Ose ti o koja, aabo oluwadi uncovered ohun to ti ni ilọsiwaju sakasaka ọpa ti a npe ni “DarkSword” ni lo lati Àkọlé iPhone awọn olumulo. Bayi, an updated version of the tool has been leaked on GitHub, sparking widespread concern.
Researchers warn that any hacker could easily use the tool to target iPhone and iPad users who have not updated to the latest iOS 26 eto. According to Apple’s own data, the number of affected devices could reach into the hundreds of millions.
“This is bad. These tools are way too easy to repurpose,” said Matthias Frielingsdorf, co-founder of mobile security firm iVerify. “Criminals will start deploying it soon.”
He noted that the leaked files are just HTML and JavaScript, which anyone can deploy within minutes. Ẹgbẹ aabo Google gba pẹlu igbelewọn yii. Aṣenọju aabo kan sọ pe o ti lo apẹẹrẹ ti n kaakiri lori ayelujara lati gige sinu iPad ti n ṣiṣẹ iOS 18.
Agbẹnusọ Apple Sarah O'Rourke sọ pe ile-iṣẹ naa mọ ti ailagbara naa o si gbejade alemo pajawiri ni Oṣu Kẹta 11 fun awọn ẹrọ ti ko le ṣe imudojuiwọn si eto tuntun. “Mimu sọfitiwia rẹ di oni jẹ ohun pataki julọ ti o le ṣe lati duro ni aabo,” o sọ, fifi pe awọn ẹrọ imudojuiwọn ati awọn ti o ni Ipo Titiipa ṣiṣẹ ko kan.
Koodu ti jo ni awọn asọye alaye ti n ṣe apejuwe bi o ṣe le ji alaye ifura lati awọn ẹrọ ibi-afẹde — pẹlu awọn olubasọrọ, awọn ifiranṣẹ, ipe itan, ati awọn ọrọ igbaniwọle Wi-Fi-ati firanṣẹ si awọn olupin ti a ṣakoso nipasẹ awọn ikọlu. Awọn koodu tun tọka awọn ikojọpọ data si oju opo wẹẹbu Ti Ukarain kan, biotilejepe idi si maa wa koyewa.
Gẹgẹbi awọn itupalẹ lati awọn ile-iṣẹ aabo pupọ, “DarkSword” pataki fojusi awọn ẹrọ nṣiṣẹ iOS 18 ati sẹyìn awọn ẹya. Awọn data Apple fihan pe nipa idamẹrin awọn olumulo tun wa lori awọn eto agbalagba wọnyi, eyi ti-fi fun nibẹ ni o wa siwaju sii ju 2.5 bilionu awọn ẹrọ ti nṣiṣe lọwọ-tumo si awọn ọgọọgọrun miliọnu awọn olumulo wa ninu eewu.
Awọn oniwadi ṣeduro pe gbogbo awọn olumulo iPhone ṣe imudojuiwọn awọn ọna ṣiṣe wọn ni kete bi o ti ṣee lati daabobo lodi si awọn ikọlu agbara.