A highly sophisticated set of iPhone hijacking techniques has likely infected tens of thousands of phones or more. Clues suggest it was originally built for the US government.
New York Magazine on MSN

The AI-Powered Hacking Spree Is Here

It turns out AI-coding tools are useful to criminals, too.
Security researchers say exploits used by governments to hack into Apple iPhones have been found used by cybercriminals. They ...
Researchers said a sophisticated exploit kit with 23 iOS vulnerabilities is being used by espionage and cybercrime campaigns.
Security experts have identified three critical vulnerabilities in Anthropic's Claude Code, potentially allowing remote code ...
Vulnerabilities in Anthropic’s Claude Code tool could have allowed attackers to silently gain control of a developer’s computer.
But besides cheating at school and terrifying employees who fear they’re about to be laid off, AI can also be used for evil. ...
Instances of generative AI-assisted hacking are on the rise, and the threat of cyberattacks from bots acting on their own is no longer science fiction. With AI doing their bidding, novices can cause ...
A Russian group used the exploit kit to target Ukrainians in 2025.
Verify has described the activity as the “first known mass iOS attack” campaign of its kind. Google said fragments of the exploit first appeared last February, with ties to an unnamed “customer of a ...
A lot of making goes on in this community these days, but sometimes you’ve just gotta do some old fashioned hacking. You might have grabbed an old Speak and Spell that you want to repurpose ...
A 22-year-old Alabama man pleaded guilty to extortion, cyberstalking, and computer fraud charges after hijacking the social media accounts of hundreds of young women (including minors).