Tootfinder

A recent spate of espionage and cybercriminal campaigns has deployed phone-takeover tools,
embedded in infected websites,
to indiscriminately hack phones by the thousands.
And one new technique in particular
—capable of taking over any of hundreds of millions of iOS devices
—has appeared on the web in an easily reusable form, putting a significant fraction of the world's iPhone users at risk.

A Possible US Government iPhone-Hacking Toolkit Is Now in the Hands of Foreign Spies and Criminals
A highly sophisticated set of iPhone hijacking techniques has likely infected tens of thousands of phones or more. Clues suggest it was originally built for the US government.

Security researchers at Jamf found that Predator spyware can prevent iOS video and microphone recording indicators from appearing. 
https://appleinsider.com/articles/26/02/19/iphone-camera-microphone-dot-can-be-suppressed-if-yo…

Predator spyware exploits SpringBoard to block iOS camera & microphone lights
Apple's camera and microphone indicators are supposed to tell iPhone users when the microphone or camera are on, but after a device is fully compromised with kernel-level access by another hack, Predator spyware can prevent those from appearing.

DarkSword: Zweite mächtige iPhone-Spyware in freier Wildbahn gesichtet
Staatliche Zero-Day-Exploits sickern auf den Schwarzmarkt durch und dienen für breit gestreuten Datenraub, warnen Sicherheitsforscher. iOS 18 ist betroffen.

Fürs Pixel 11? Google arbeitet an besserer Gesichtsentsperrung wie bei iPhones
Googles Pixel-Smartphones sollen künftig eine bessere Gesichtsentsperrung erhalten, die denen des iPhone ähnelt – und auch bei Dunkelheit funktioniert.

IBM closes its $11B deal for data streaming company Confluent, unveiled last December; CEO Arvind Krishna expects IBM to maintain its head count over five years (Belle Lin/Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/cio-journal/ibm-closes

Modemfehler: C1X im iPhone Air spuckt Hardware-Warnung aus
Kein Empfang mehr – und eine Info in Apples Diagnosemenü: Vereinzelt treten Probleme mit Apples neuem Modemchip auf.
https://www.

RSA is many days away, and Metacurity is already straining the capacity limit of our newsletter platform, so check out today's issue for the critical infosec developments you should know, including
--DarkSword turns iPhone hacking into a mass-scale, drive-by threat,
--CISA says orgs should secure Intune after Stryker attack,
--Stryker attack delayed some surgeries,
--Hacker claims theft of 93 GB of data from police tip platform,
--Fed cyber reviewers couldn…

DarkSword turns iPhone hacking into a mass-scale, drive-by threat
CISA says orgs should secure Intune after Stryker attack, Stryker attack delayed some surgeries, Hacker claims theft of 93 GB of data from police tip platform, Fed cyber reviewers couldn't examine Microsoft cloud platform for security, Patel confirms FBI buys US citizens' location data, much more

heise | Ballernd bergbauen: „Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor“ für iPhone und iPad im Test
Ghost Ship Publishing lädt mit „Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor“ zum Kampf um die Hoheit über planetare Ausbeutung.

Beats: Nike-Variante von Powerbeats Pro 2 – und Hüllen für iPhone 17e
Die Apple-Tochter hat neue Peripherieprodukte auf dem Markt. Für das iPhone 17e gibt es eigene Hüllen, während eine Stöpselreihe eine „Special Edition“ erhält.

iPhone 17e: Diese Features könnten kommen
Apples erste iPhone-Neuerscheinung des Jahres steht an: Es soll das iPhone 17e sein. Technisch sind einige Neuerungen zu erwarten.
https://www.heise.de/news/…