Hundreds of Millions of iPhones Can Be Hacked With a New Tool Found in the Wild

Researchers disclosed DarkSword, a sophisticated web-delivered iOS exploitation tool used to instantly and silently compromise iPhones visiting infected websites. The campaign—attributed to a Russian state-sponsored group and observed against victims in multiple countries—targets older iOS 18 devices, has harvested data, and appears readily reproducible because the full, documented code was left accessible on compromised sites.