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Security · High impactFan score 69 · Tier A3 sources

Hackers use n-day exploits in zero-click attacks on iOS, Android devices

BleepingComputer · By Bill Toulas ·

A large-scale watering hole attack associated with Russian hackers has been targeting iOS and Android users visiting compromised sites or fake ones impersonating legitimate portals. [...]

The Brief

  • A large-scale watering hole attack associated with Russian hackers targets iOS and Android users visiting compromised or fake sites.
  • Attackers exploit previously patched iOS and Android flaws, so unpatched devices remain vulnerable.
  • CISA added a medium-severity flaw affecting multiple Apple operating systems to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog after reports of active exploitation.

Why it matters

Patched flaws are still being used against unpatched phones, so developers and their teams need to keep mobile devices updated, including test and admin devices.

Who’s affected

  • iOS users
  • Android users
  • Developers and teams with unpatched iPhones or Android devices

What to do

  1. Update iOS and Android devices to the patched versions that fix the flaws
  • #security
  • #ios
  • #android
  • #malware
  • #exploit
  • #watering-hole

Timeline

  1. Researchers report the watering hole attacks exploiting patched iOS and Android flaws

  2. CISA adds the medium-severity Apple flaw to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

  3. BleepingComputer

    Hackers use n-day exploits in zero-click attacks on iOS, Android devices

  4. Biz & IT - Ars Technica

    Hackers exploited iOS and Android flaws to infect phones

  5. The Hacker News

    Hackers Exploit Patched Apple Flaw to Deliver Info-Stealing Malware, CISA Says

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