iVerify says spyware infections are reaching people without public profiles
Original title: Spyware attacks trend toward hitting just about anyone
The firm reports 1.07 infections per 1,000 iOS consumer scans in 2026, with three in four detections tied to criminal credential and cryptocurrency theft.
iVerify’s Tuesday report says some Apple threat notifications this year reached people without public profiles or sensitive jobs, including relatives of an Ottawa bus driver and a limousine driver in Australia. Co-founder Rocky Cole said most detections were mass criminal attacks aimed at credentials and cryptocurrency, not state espionage. The company also said DarkSword and Coruna iOS exploit-kit infections appeared on devices that had not received Apple threat notifications.
Unconfirmed: The civilian cases and the claim that Apple notifications miss criminal kits come from iVerify’s customer data.
- Cited cases include children of a city bus driver and a stay-at-home parent in Ottawa.
- iVerify found no Apple notifications on devices infected by DarkSword or Coruna.
- The reported infection rate was 1.07 per 1,000 iOS consumer scans in 2026.
- Three in four detections were criminal, not state-sponsored, the report said.
Impact: spyware used to steal credentials and cryptocurrency
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