Google, along with two cybersecurity firms, are warning iPhone users of a new exploit that can steal data — all from just visiting a website on a user’s iOS device.
DarkSword is a new hacking toolkit being deployed by bad actors on a global scale. The reports by Google Threat Intelligence Group and cybersecurity companies Lookout and iVerify detailed multiple vulnerabilities used to carry out attacks against iOS devices running versions 18.4 through 18.7.
According to Apple’s own developer website, nearly 25 percent of all iPhones are still on some version of iOS 18. Wired points out that this means there are potentially hundreds of millions of iOS devices susceptible to DarkSword.
What makes DarkSword so…