![]() For sure, you know this is a serious issue. ![]() "Kernel vulnerabilities, just by their nature are going to be more serious." Moussouris said, " is part of the brain of the operating system. This threat is known as a kernel vulnerability. "If you're vulnerable, it tries to exploit it." "It is possible that a vector could be, almost like a sleeper cell of an app," she said. In theory, Moussouris said, a malicious actor could exploit this with an app. "And that's a problem."Ī second security threat Apple outlined involves a "malicious application" that may be able to elevate user privileges. And lets not even talk about its strange way of organizing emojis. Despite its name, the section features both frequently and recently used emojis, and it may contain emojis youve never even touched. "You are controlling it from a distance."Īnd since the threat is tied to internet browsing, she noted, "Your regular web browsing may cause you to be held compromised, without having to do really much of anything else," she said. The Frequently Used section in the iPhones Emoji keyboard is a weird place, to say the least. "You've zombified that device," she said. Katie Moussouris, CEO and founder of cybersecurity firm Luta Security, said that means an attacker could control a user's phone.
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