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As destructive as Pegasus, experts found Reign, a new espionage app for iPhone phones.

Shulou Source: shulou.com Published: 2023-11-24 16:07:25 10月01日 Update

CTOnews.com, April 12 (Xinhua)-- according to a new report released by the Citizen Lab (Citizen Lab) of Munk College at the University of Toronto, a spy app Reign,iPhone device with the same destructive power as "Pegasus" has been found to be able to secretly transmit data after infection.

It is pointed out in the report that at least five cases have been found, mainly for dignitaries, journalists and other tasks. The espionage app Reign mainly exploits a vulnerability called "Endofdays" to attack iPhone devices running iOS 14.4 and iOS 14.4.2 updates.

Like Pegasus, iPhone will access various components and iPhone functions of iOS after infecting Reign. The attached list of CTOnews.com is as follows:

Call recording

Microphone recording

Take pictures with a camera

Extract or remove content from keychain

Generate iCloud 2FA password

Search for files and databases on the device

Track the location of the device

Clean up software traces to minimize the possibility of being detected

Detailed reports can be accessed at: Sweet QuaDreams

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