Trust Wallet team has warned of a vulnerability in the iMessage service for iOS

Developers have called for the service to be shut down immediately before Apple releases a patch

16.04.2024 - 12:45

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What’s new? The team of the decentralized non-custodial software crypto wallet Trust Wallet, part of the ecosystem of the Binance exchange, has issued a warning for iOS mobile users. Thus, developers have received information about a high-risk zero-day vulnerability that hackers can exploit via the iMessage messaging service.

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What else is known? Trust Wallet specified that the vulnerability allows attackers to gain access to the iPhone, and it does not even require the potential victim to click on any link.

To protect against the iMessage exploit, developers recommended disabling the service as soon as possible until Apple’s experts release a security patch.

In February last year, dWallet Labs auditors found a zero-day vulnerability in the TRON blockchain, which could lead to a loss of $500 million, the problem was promptly eliminated by developers. And in October, through the use of a zero-day vulnerability in the Google Chrome browser, a hacker stole $7 million in ETH from an employee of the Fantom Foundation.

In March this year, scientists found a vulnerability in Apple chips for macOS with the risk of leakage of private keys. According to experts, it stems from the microarchitecture of the chips and cannot be completely eliminated.

Backdoor has been discovered in the Tornado Cash interface to intercept deposit data

According to community representatives, it has been functioning for two months

Previously, Trust Wallet added support for BRC-20 tokens, did a major interface upgrade, and introduced a cloud wallet for business integration with DeFi.

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