Russian cybersecurity outfit Kaspersky is waving away claims that an iPhone exploit kit recently uncovered by Google was developed by the same people who were behind a group of zero-days that allegedly compromised thousands of Russian diplomats in a 2023 campaign.
After Google’s Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG) published its findings on the Coruna exploit kit this week, some experts were quick to point fingers at the National Security Agency, suggesting it was behind the attacks seen in Ukraine and China over the past 12 months. While GTIG made no such suggestions itself, the crossover between some of the same vulnerabilities used in 2023’s Operation Triangulation, which Moscow alleged was a National Security Agency job.
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Source: The Register News
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