ESET has published the results of a study on the security of mobile devices running on Apple's iOS operating systems.
This concerns iPhone smartphones and iPad tablets. It has been reported that the number of cyber threats targeting Apple gadgets has significantly increased recently.
In particular, during the first half of the current year, experts discovered 155 vulnerabilities in the Apple mobile platform. This is a quarter — 24% — more compared to the result for the first half of 2018.
However, it's important to emphasize that only one in five vulnerabilities in iOS (about 19%) is classified as critically dangerous. Such 'holes' can be exploited by malicious actors for unauthorized access to mobile devices and theft of personal data.
"A trend in 2019 has been iOS vulnerabilities that reopened previously fixed flaws, as well as allowing for a jailbreak of version 12.4," say ESET specialists.
In the past six months, a number of phishing attacks targeting Apple mobile device owners have been recorded. Additionally, besides universal cyber threats that are relevant for both iOS and Android, cross-platform schemes related to the use of third-party platforms and services exist.
Source: 3dnews.ru
