Have you heard about the hack that could infect millions of smartphones worldwide? DarkSword targets iPhones running specific versions of Apple’s software and it could be quietly stealing your data.
DarkSword is a new hacking toolkit that exploits a weakness affecting iPhones in particular. Specifically, it uses a series of vulnerabilities – six in total – to break into systems and steal all sorts of personal data.
That could include your signed-in accounts, wifi passwords, messaging data, cryptocurrency wallet credentials, email, screenshots and calendars. The list goes on.
The concerning thing is you may never realise you were affected by it. Not only is the attack quick, taking minutes to gather data, but it is clean. DarkSword doesn’t need the victim to click on a link or tap on an image to start running.
Instead, it can lurk in infected elements of websites, waiting for a victim. When a vulnerable system visits the site, it starts running in the background and gathering personal data without the visitor clicking on a thing.
