Iranian Hackers Breached Kash Patel’s Email—but Not the FBI’s

WIRED’s security roundup highlights multiple high-impact incidents: a new in-the-wild iPhone exploit called “DarkSword” can fully compromise iOS 18 devices via web visits, affecting hundreds of millions of phones; Iranian-linked hackers breached the personal email of Kash Patel (not the FBI); major botnets (Aisuru, Kimwolf, JackSkid, Mossad) were disrupted by US authorities after infecting millions of devices; and a large Telegram-based crypto-fraud market (Xinbi Guarantee) faces UK sanctions. Other notable items include concerns about VPN usage exposing users to NSA surveillance, Meta’s move/