GoldPickaxe exposed: How Group-IB analyzed the face-stealing iOS Trojan and how to do it yourself

This Group-IB report highlights a rising focus on Apple devices by cybercriminals — including the GoldPickaxe iOS Trojan that harvests facial-recognition data — explains the ongoing risk from the persistent Checkm8 bootrom vulnerability, and provides a hands-on jailbreak and forensic procedure (palera1n, Frida, bagbak) to extract and analyze iOS apps, concluding with mitigation advice for individuals and organizations.