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Apple iPhone Malware Tactic Causes Fake Shutdowns to Enable Spying

A new iPhone technique can hijack and prevent any shut-down process that a user initiates, allowing malware to remain active in the background. The stealthy technique, dubbed NoReboot by researchers, is the ultimate persistence bug, according to a ZecOps analysis. The tactic provides a perfect cover for malicious activity, since an infected user might think that the phone has been powered off, but in fact, its still running In the PoC, researchers were able to eavesdrop on test users via both the camera and the microphone.”]

Source: https://threatpost.com/apple-iphone-malware-fake-shutdowns-spying/177420/

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