Hackers Used New Exploit Kit to Compromise Thousands of iPhones

2026-03-06T08:51:57Z2d74cfe621657ed5b5c38ad40fd2fde4a445304463ac5b1a2458ecae9d70f34d
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What happened

This TechRepublic security feed highlights a wave of high-impact incidents and active exploitation: the Coruna exploit kit chained ~23 iOS flaws to compromise thousands of iPhones for espionage and crime; multiple actively exploited zero‑days (including a Qualcomm/Android zero‑day) and high‑severity Chrome/browser bugs; a Perplexity Comet browser flaw that can expose local files via malicious calendar invites; Predator spyware able to suppress iOS camera/mic indicators after full compromise; and a malicious Chrome extension pushed malware to ~7,000 users to steal crypto wallet seed phrases. In

Why it matters

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