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April 22, 2020 07:33 pm

Apples default Mail app for the iPhone has a severe security flaw, researchers claim




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Security researchers say the iPhone has a severe flaw in the native iOS Mail app that makes it vulnerable to hackers, according to a by San Francisco-based firm ZecOps.


The flaw had not previously been disclosed to Apple, making it extremely valuable to a variety of bad actors. ZecOps says it believes “with high confidence that these vulnerabilities... are widely exploited in the wild in targeted attacks by an advanced threat operator(s).”



ZecOps believes that at least six high-profile targets were victims of the exploit, including an executive from a mobile carrier in Japan and “individuals from a Fortune 500 company in North America.” ZecOps is...



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Original Link: https://www.theverge.com/2020/4/22/21231454/apple-iphone-zero-day-exploit-security-flaw-mail-app-ios-zec-ops

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