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Hackers Used Local News Sites to Install Spyware On iPhones
Vulnerabilities mentioned
All| CVE | Vulnerability | CVSS | EPSS | Signals | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2019-8605 | Use-After-Free in Apple iOS, macOS, tvOS, watchOS Enables Privileged Code Execution | 7.8 | 18% | KEV | KEV |
Indicators of compromise
auto-extracted · verify before use · export allAll| Type | Indicator | Context |
|---|---|---|
| domain | googlephoto.vip | up specifically for this campaign (e.g., hxxps://appledaily.googlephoto[.]vip/news[.]html) by the operators. In both situations, a hidd |
| domain | hkrevolution.club | and command-and-control servers used the same domain name (hkrevolution[.]club) as one of the watering holes used by the iOS component o |
| url | https://appledaily.googlephoto.vip/news.html | ll as websites set up specifically for this campaign (e.g., hxxps://appledaily.googlephoto[.]vip/news[.]html) by the operators. In both situations, a hidden iframe |
From the original article
3 min read at thehackernews.com
A newly discovered watering-hole campaign is targeting Apple iPhone users in Hong Kong by using malicious website links as a lure to install spyware on the devices.
By @TheHackersNews · thehackernews.com
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