Known for targeting iOS devices, it has been expanded to include capabilities for compromising device security and stability. ThreatFabric, who discovered the malware, initially published a report on LightSpy for macOS in May 2024. During that investigation, the analysts found that the same server managed both macOS and iOS versions of LightSpy. This discovery allowed ThreatFabric to conduct a new, detailed analysis of the spyware targeting iOS published today, finding notable updates compared t
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Apple appears to have misled the UK's Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) in a regulatory filing that attempts to downplay competition concerns, according to Open Web Advocacy (OWA). OWA, a web technology lobbying group, flagged the alleged misstatement on 4 September document [PDF] filed by Apple last month in conjunction with the CMA's competition inquiry into the mobile browser and cloud gaming markets.
In footnote 142 on page 47, Apple says the CMA's analysis of the mobile browser marke
LightSpy is a modular surveillance framework that can be used to steal a variety of data, including files, screenshots, mobile location data, or even messenger data from apps like Telegram. It was first documented by TrendMicro and Kapersky in 2020 as an iOS implant. At the time, LightSpy would spread through a watering hole method, which is to say that targets would be directed to pages mimicking local news sites. An example page can be seen in the image below. The APT group said to be resp
