Google reveals another exploit chain affecting outdated iPhones – 9to5Mac

Following its recent disclosure of the Coruna exploit chain targeting older iOS versions, the company has now revealed a similar attack believed to be called DarkSword. Here are the details.

A few more reasons to keep your devices up to date

A few weeks ago, Google and iVerify published two reports with complementary details on the Coruna exploit, which chained multiple iOS vulnerabilities to compromise iPhones running outdated system versions.

Following the release of the reports, Apple released iOS 16.7.15, iOS 15.8.7, iPadOS 16.7.15, and iPadOS 15.8.7, addressing kernel and WebKit vulnerabilities leveraged by Coruna.

Interestingly, earlier today, Apple published a new support document titled Update iOS to protect your iPhone from web attacks, in which it says that “security researchers recently identified web-based attacks that target out-of-date versions of iOS through malicious web content,” and goes on to explain the following:

If you…