iPhone users around the world have been warned to reboot their devices and update to the latest software amid a series of targeted hacks and spyware.
https://www.thenewdaily.com.au/life/tech/2026/01/17/apple-iphone-hacks
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.
Amnesty research: a government customer of spyware maker Intellexa hacked the iPhone of journalist Teixeira Cândido in Angola in 2024 via Predator spyware (Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/17/inte