According to a news that emerged today, the smartphones of iOS 15 users with the Find/Find My application open are at great risk. Because a new Trojan horse developed by hackers, malware in the form of a trojan, is taking over the data. Moreover, even if you turn off the device, it continues to work. Here is the reason and how to prevent it…
The data of iOS 15 users with the Find application turned on is in danger!
You can reach our news about different malware developed by the NSO group, which we shared in the past, and how it hijacked devices, from the link below. Now a very similar but more professional Trojan has emerged.
Introduced by Apple in 2021, iOS 15 brought many new features with it. But some of them caused new software and system vulnerabilities to be targeted by hackers. Moreover, 8 months later, this situation was newly discovered.
One of the innovations that came with iOS 15 was the Find / Find My application. Here, the smartphone is made to work just like an Air Tag. Therefore, even if your device is turned off, you can see its location when you lose it.
But when you activate this feature, you cause the NFC and bluetooth chip in the device to work continuously and consume more power than normal. And that’s not the only downside. Because these hardware parts, which remain active even in low power mode, allow the device to be infiltrated and a Trojan horse that continues to work even if you turn it off.
Of course, if the phone’s battery is completely dead, the find feature will also have to be turned off, so the malware will not be able to run. However, if the battery low icon appears on the screen when you try to open it, this means that the Trojan may continue to work.
Researchers who discovered the subject take the video below and show how these software works. According to the statement, hackers specifically target Express Cards and Cars Keys features. Because in this way, even if the device is turned off, it continues to work through NFC and Bluetooth, which remains open.
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