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Wired writes<\/a> (alternate source<\/a>):<\/p>\n

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Security researchers at Google on Tuesday released a report<\/a> describing what they\u2019re calling \u201cCoruna,\u201d a highly sophisticated iPhone hacking toolkit that includes five complete hacking techniques capable of bypassing all the defenses of an iPhone to silently install malware on a device when it visits a website containing the exploitation code. In total, Coruna takes advantage of 23 distinct vulnerabilities in iOS, a rare collection of hacking components that suggests it was created by a well-resourced, likely state-sponsored group of hackers.<\/p>\n

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Coruna\u2019s code also appears to have been originally written by English-speaking coders, notes iVerify\u2019s cofounder Rocky Cole. \u201cIt\u2019s highly sophisticated, took millions of dollars to develop, and it bears the hallmarks of other modules that have been publicly attributed to the US government,\u201d Cole tells WIRED. \u201cThis is the first example we\u2019ve seen of very likely US government tools\u00adbased on what the code is telling us\u00adspinning out of control and being used by both our adversaries and cybercriminal groups.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

TechCrunch reports<\/a> that Coruna is definitely of US origin:<\/p>\n

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Two former employees of government contractor L3Harris told TechCrunch that Coruna was, at least in part, developed by the company\u2019s hacking and surveillance tech division, Trenchant. The two former employees both had knowledge of the company\u2019s iPhone hacking tools. Both spoke on condition of anonymity because they weren\u2019t authorized to talk about their work for the company.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

It\u2019s always super interesting to see what malware looks like when it\u2019s created through a professional software development process. And the TechCrunch article has some speculation as to how the US lost control of it. It seems that an employee of L3Harris\u2019s surviellance tech division, Trenchant, sold it to the Russian government.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Wired writes (alternate source): Security researchers at Google on Tuesday released a report describing what they\u2019re calling \u201cCoruna,\u201d a highly sophisticated iPhone hacking toolkit that includes five complete hacking techniques capable of bypassing all the defenses of an iPhone to silently install malware on a device when it visits a website containing the exploitation code. 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