Darmstadt Technical University in Germany, which found a vulnerability for the iPhone, published an article on the subject. The university that conducted the research announced that it sent an email to Apple before publishing, but representatives did not respond on the subject. Let’s take a look at the details of the news together.
Malware works even when iPhone is turned off!
In order to keep the settings such as the time and date, when the technological devices are turned off, they do not actually turn off completely. Likewise, iPhone phones go into low power mode instead of completely shutting down due to the operation of the Find feature or other features.
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Researchers have also published an article revealing that malware still works even when the iPhone is turned off. The fact that the phone is not completely shut down due to some programs becomes open to abuse. “The current low-power mode implementation on iPhone phones attracts new threats,” the researchers wrote in the article. He also made a statement.
The researchers who published the article also made the following statements:
“The design of low-power mode features appears to be mostly driven by functionality, without considering threats outside of the intended applications. The application in the firmware is not safe from manipulations.”
Apple, which did not respond to the researchers who prepared the article, has not yet made a statement on the subject. A security firm made the following comments about the article:
“Hardware and software attacks similar to those described have proven practical in a real-world setting. The topics covered in this article are therefore practical.
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