The American cybersecurity company ZecOps brought to light a security gap in the operating system of the devices iPhones and Apple iPads, which for years, from the beginning of 2018 until today, has exposed hundreds of millions of users to the risk of hacking.
Η Apple announced that the relevant "patch" that will fix the problem, will be included in the next iOS software update. The "backdoor" was found in the e-mail application Mail, according to Reuters and the BBC. ZecOps confidentially informed Apple in March and made the issue public with a delay to give Apple time to fix it.
How hackers could exploit the security loophole
In order for a malicious hacker to exploit the security loophole, it could send a seemingly empty email to iPhone or iPad.
When the user opened the message, the application would crash and the user would be forced to reactivate it, giving hackers access to his device and the ability to intercept data remotely (photos, etc.). In this case, unlike others that were exploited by hackers, users did not need to "download" any external malware or visit a website-trap that contained such software (malware).
The researchers, led by him Zook 'Abraham (a former Israeli army cyber-security official) who made the discovery announced that a hacker could exploit the loophole even in the latest versions of the iOS operating system.
Even the ZecOps claims to have found evidence of attacks on known targets, including executives of large companies from North America, Japan, North Arabia, Germany and Israel, as well as a European journalist, without revealing the identities of the "victims".
H Apple, refused to comment on these allegations. In 2019 the company had announced that about 900 million. iPhones were in use worldwide.
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