2023-06-02 18:40:19
Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) exposes a US-led cyber espionage operation. In the midst of the tense relations between both powers, this conflict acquires great importance by directly involving third parties, such as Apple and Kaspersky Lab.
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The FSB strongly accuses the United States National Security Agency (NSA) of infecting thousands of Apple devices with the aim of spying on their owners. According to the Russian intelligence service, among the victims are thousands of Russian users and foreign diplomats who perform functions in Russia and in countries of the former Soviet Union.
However, in an unexpected twist, the discovery of this alleged cyber-espionage plot does not come from the FSB, but from the Russian security software company, Kaspersky Lab. Eugene Kaspersky, the company’s founder and CEO, has published an article in which explains that the attack was carried out through a hidden message in the iMessage messaging service, which contained an attachment designed to install the Triangulation Trojan.
According to Kaspersky, this attack does not require any action on the part of the user to install and run the Trojan, since the infection is carried out in a hidden and automated way. Malicious software has the ability to collect private information from the device owner and send it to a server, including voice recordings, photos, geolocation coordinates, and other private data.
Apple denies any collaboration
Apple has strongly denied any collaboration with the NSA and has claimed that it has never introduced “backdoors” into its products for any government. Kaspersky, for its part, maintains that Apple devices are susceptible to these types of attacks due to the closed nature of iOS.
To further complicate the situation, Igor Kuznetsov, a Kaspersky researcher, has stated that the company has been detecting anomalous traffic on its corporate network since early 2023, suggesting that this attack could have been ongoing for several months and even since. 2019. However, it is difficult to attribute it to a particular organization and a convincing demonstration of this threat is required.
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