{"id":998981,"date":"2026-03-23T11:10:56","date_gmt":"2026-03-23T05:40:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/?p=998981"},"modified":"2026-03-23T12:12:20","modified_gmt":"2026-03-23T06:42:20","slug":"google-and-security-companies-have-warned-iphone-users-of-darksword-spy-attack-what-it-is-and-how-it-may-spy-on-iphone-users","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/2026\/03\/23\/google-and-security-companies-have-warned-iphone-users-of-darksword-spy-attack-what-it-is-and-how-it-may-spy-on-iphone-users\/","title":{"rendered":"Google and security companies have warned iPhone users of DarkSword spy attack: What it is and how it may spy on iPhone users"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Google and other cybersecurity companies, including iVerify and Lookout, have identified a new iPhone hacking technique. This new spyware, known as DarkSword, can silently compromise devices simply by visiting an infected website, cybersecurity researchers have warned. The attack targets iPhones running older versions of iOS 18, which can extract sensitive personal data within minutes, raising concerns about the exposure of millions of users who have not updated their devices.<\/p>\n<p>Researchers say the technique has already been used in multiple espionage campaigns and cybercrime operations across regions such as Eastern Europe, the Middle East, and Southeast Asia. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Google and other cybersecurity companies, including iVerify and Lookout, have identified a new iPhone hacking technique. This new spyware, known as DarkSword, can silently compromise devices simply by visiting an infected website, cybersecurity researchers have warned. The attack targets iPhones running older versions of iOS 18, which can extract sensitive personal data within minutes, raising concerns about the exposure of millions of users who have not updated their devices. Researchers say the technique has already been used in multiple espionage campaigns and cybercrime operations across regions such as Eastern Europe, the Middle East, and Southeast Asia.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[87,4,11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-998981","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-it-2-the-times-of-india","category-newspapers","category-the-times-of-india"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/998981","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=998981"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/998981\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=998981"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=998981"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=998981"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}