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Kimberly Gedeon

This iPhone spyware may have hijacked your cameras — why didn't Apple warn us?

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The Microsoft Threat Intelligence (MTI) team, alongside Citizen Lab, discovered an iPhone spyware that took advantage of an iOS 14 zero-day exploit. The alleged iOS exploit called "ENDOFDAYS" used invisible iCloud calendar invitations to wreck havoc on victims' iPhones.

The spyware has a name, too. It's called "KingsPawn," and cybersecurity researchers found that at least five high-profile figures were victims of the malicious monitoring software, including journalists, political-opposition figures, and NGO workers.

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