"Researchers at Google and security firms iVerify and Lookout analyzed new cyberattacks against Ukrainians which were launched by a group identified only as UNC6353. The researchers looked at compromised websites in a hacking campaign that, they say, is related to one uncovered earlier this month. This most recent campaign used a hacking toolkit the companies called Darksword."
"The discovery of Darksword, which follows that of a similar hacking toolkit, suggests that advanced, stealthy, and powerful spyware for iPhones may not be as rare as previously thought. Even then, Darksword only targeted users in Ukraine, implying some restraint in what could have otherwise been a widescale hacking campaign targeting users worldwide."
"Coruna was originally designed for use by Western governments, in particular those part of the so-called Five Eyes intelligence alliance, made by Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the United States, and the United Kingdom, according to former L3Harris employees with knowledge of the company's iPhone hacking tools."
Cybersecurity researchers from Google, iVerify, and Lookout identified a hacking group called UNC6353, suspected of Russian government affiliation, targeting Ukrainian iPhone users with a new spyware toolkit named Darksword. This toolkit steals personal data and potentially cryptocurrency. The discovery follows an earlier campaign using Coruna, a sophisticated iPhone-hacking toolkit originally developed by U.S. defense contractor L3Harris for Western governments in the Five Eyes alliance. Coruna was subsequently used by Russian spies and Chinese cybercriminals. The emergence of Darksword, exploiting different vulnerabilities than Coruna, suggests advanced iPhone spyware is more common than previously thought, though the Ukrainian-only targeting indicates some operational restraint.
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