A lightweight method to detect potential iOS malware


In 2021 and 2022, Kaspersky researchers had the privilege of working on a few Pegasus malware infections on several iPhone devices. The iPhones were Initially given to them by their partners for general security checks before the researchers discovered the infections.

Investigating such cases can be complicated, costly, or time consuming due to the nature of the iOS ecosystem. As a result, related threats can often go undetected by the general public. To date, the common methods for analyzing an iOS mobile infection are either to examine an encrypted full iOS backup, or to analyze the network traffic of the device in question. Both methods, however, are time consuming or require a high level of expertise, which limits their use.

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Source: Kaspersky