A previously unknown hardware feature has been hijacked to hack iPhones across the world

A previously unknown hardware feature has been hijacked to hack

It appears that Apple's iPhone shipped with some unknown hardware features that were then discovered by hackers who found a way to exploit them in highly destructive zero-click attacks.

A new report from Kaspersky outlines how it discovered a unique spyware targeting iPhone devices about five years ago. They called the campaign “Operation Triangulation,” and after reverse engineering the spyware and shutting down the campaign, Kaspersky discovered that the attackers had linked four vulnerabilities together to conduct zero-click attacks.