Criminals are using government-grade spyware to infect iPhones

Sophisticated iPhone spyware once reserved for government surveillance is now being used by cybercriminals against ordinary users, with a new security report finding that criminal attacks account for most of its detections.iPhone 18The findings come from mobile security firm iVerify's Advanced Mobile Threat Report 2026, published November 10. Researchers found 1.07 spyware infections per 1,000 consumer iOS scans, or roughly…

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