Hackers exploited iOS and Android flaws to infect phones
2026-11-05T08:51:39Z•dff0b8d22325b93432c1b9df17b49714bb6ebc2c3f777e3176c1bfe599d32b75
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What happened
Ars Technica security feed covering active exploitation, critical vulnerabilities, supply-chain compromises, botnets, firmware and mobile threats, major data breaches, cryptographic trust failures, ransomware or malware operations, and large-scale cybercrime. Notable reports include suspected state-sponsored iOS and Android exploitation, a $6.3 billion Binance theft, a 1.3 million-device Android TV botnet, UEFI bootkits and EDK2 flaws, a backdoored verified code extension, compromised TLS certificates, PHP remote-code-execution activity, Tor exit-node hijacking, and exploitation of Plex and Io
Why it matters
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- arstechnica_security
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- Enrichment time
- 2026-11-05T08:51:39Z
- AI-assisted enrichment
- Yes
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