37C3 - Operation Triangulation: What You Get When Attack iPhones of Researchers on HackerTube: recommended by 2 Hacker News commenters across 2 separate months, 2024.
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A 37C3 talk by Kaspersky researchers on Operation Triangulation, a zero-click iPhone attack that targeted their own colleagues. They describe capturing every stage of the chain, four zero-days and a previously unknown spyware active for years.
HN recommends it as a gripping look at what nation-state attackers can do, used as the primary source in threads about iPhone security and Kaspersky.
“was a rollercoaster of a ride. If you have the time to watch it I highly recommend it!”
5 Hacker News comments link this video. Each one links back to its thread.
Kaspersky is a really talented group. Their talk at CCC about discovering a zero-click attack, managing to capture all the stages of the attack, finding four zero day vulnerabilities and discovering a previously unknown spyware that was there for years was a rollercoaster of a ride. If you have the time to watch it I highly recommend it! [1]: ▶ this video
in “Kaspersky gives US customers six months of free updates as a parting gift” · View on HN
Relevant: 37C3 - Operation Triangulation: What You Get When Attack iPhones of Researchers ▶ this video Absolutely insane attack. Really opens your eyes on what nation-state attackers are capable of.
in “Security research on Private Cloud Compute” · View on HN
Network traffic monitoring is routinely done at enterprises. It's usually part-automated using the typical approaches (rules and AI), and part-manual (via a dedicated SOC team). There are actual compromises caught this way too, it's not (entirely) just for show. A high-profile example would be Kaspersky catching a sophisticated data exfiltration campaign at their own headquarters: ▶ this video So it is definitely possible, just maybe not how you imagine it being done.
in “Malware can turn off webcam LED and record video, demonstrated on ThinkPad X230” · View on HN
I know you’re implying the js specifically but using svg rendering as an attack vector was where the name “operation triangulation” came from with the recent high profile exploit. They would draw a triangle and then hash the result to get a detailed bowser fingerprint of the victims machine. ▶ this video
in “JavaScript in SVGs” · View on HN
Pegasus is only the malware that has the spying capabilities (file upload, download and command execution...etc). it usually infects the intended target using an exploit (0-day) that doesnt have a fix, if you're asking if there are 0days that can hack modern iPhones, the answer is most likely yes, given the most recent hack against the iPhone of one of the executives of the russian cybersecurity company Kaspersky [1]. [1] ▶ this video
in “Poland’s PM says previous government illegally used Pegasus spyware” · View on HN