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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink5•edit-21 year agoA targeted attack on an egyption presidential candidate, using a complex attack involving 3 different zero days and a compromised cell phone network. Not easy to instrument, or to protect against. Via this article I learned about the Lockdown mode which totally makes sense for high profile users. If I were a politician or journalist, after reading these two articles, I’d probably enable it: https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2022/07/introducing-lockdown-from-apple-the-coolest-defense-youll-probably-never-use/
A targeted attack on an egyption presidential candidate, using a complex attack involving 3 different zero days and a compromised cell phone network. Not easy to instrument, or to protect against.
Via this article I learned about the Lockdown mode which totally makes sense for high profile users. If I were a politician or journalist, after reading these two articles, I’d probably enable it: https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2022/07/introducing-lockdown-from-apple-the-coolest-defense-youll-probably-never-use/