37C3 - Operation Triangulation: What You Get When Attack iPhones of Researchers
Why Hacker News recommends it
HN recommends it as a gripping look at what nation-state attackers can do, used as the primary source in threads about iPhone security and Kaspersky.
What it is
A 37C3 talk by Kaspersky researchers on Operation Triangulation, a zero-click iPhone attack that targeted their own colleagues. They describe capturing every stage of the chain, four zero-days and a previously unknown spyware active for years.
Recommended by 2 HN commenters across 2 different months, 2024 to 2024.
What Hacker News said
Strong rec nebula8804 · 2024-07 · on “Kaspersky gives US customers six months of free updates as a parting gift”
Kaspersky is a really talented group. Their talk at CCC about discovering a zero-click attack, managing to capture all the stages of the attack, finding four zero day vulnerabilities and discovering a previously unknown spyware that was there for years was a rollercoaster of a ride. If you have the time to watch it I highly recommend it! [1]: [this video]
Recommends brokenmachine · 2024-10 · on “Security research on Private Cloud Compute”
Relevant: 37C3 - Operation Triangulation: What You Get When Attack iPhones of Researchers [this video] Absolutely insane attack. Really opens your eyes on what nation-state attackers are capable of.
Cites uicompat · 2024-02 · on “JavaScript in SVGs”
I know you’re implying the js specifically but using svg rendering as an attack vector was where the name “operation triangulation” came from with the recent high profile exploit. They would draw a triangle and then hash the result to get a detailed bowser fingerprint of the victims machine. [this video]
Cites WonderingMary · 2024-02 · on “Poland’s PM says previous government illegally used Pegasus spyware”
Pegasus is only the malware that has the spying capabilities (file upload, download and command execution...etc). it usually infects the intended target using an exploit (0-day) that doesnt have a fix, if you're asking if there are 0days that can hack modern iPhones, the answer is most likely yes, given the most recent hack against the iPhone of one of the executives of the russian cybersecurity company Kaspersky [1]. [1] [this video]
Cites perching_aix · 2024-11 · on “Malware can turn off webcam LED and record video, demonstrated on ThinkPad X230”
Network traffic monitoring is routinely done at enterprises. It's usually part-automated using the typical approaches (rules and AI), and part-manual (via a dedicated SOC team). There are actual compromises caught this way too, it's not (entirely) just for show. A high-profile example would be Kaspersky catching a sophisticated data exfiltration campaign at their own headquarters: [this video] So it is definitely possible, just maybe not how you imagine it being done.