We refer to the exploit chain as BLASTPASS. The exploit chain was capable of compromising iPhones running the latest version of iOS (16.6) without any interaction from the victim.

  • some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org
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    The fine folks at CitizenLab are doing such important work. I just want to call out what a net-benefit they are for us all. I can’t count how many times I see or hear their name in sec updates, sec podcasts, news stories, etc. Thank you to CitizenLab!

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      I hear only good stuff from them. I think they were featured in the last episode of darkness diaries too.

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      Yes. The linked article points to Apple’s release notes.

      CVE-2023-41064: The Citizen Lab at The University of Torontoʼs Munk School