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iPhone Camera Hijacked Using Three Zero-Days: Apple Pays Hacker $75,000

Posted on April 3, 2020April 3, 2020 By Davey Winder

Apple hacker finds a total of seven zero-days, gets unauthorized access to iPhone camera and microphone – and $75,000 reward

One hacker found no less than seven zero-day vulnerabilities that enabled him to construct a kill chain, using just three of them, to hijack the iPhone camera successfully. Well, any iOS or macOS camera for that matter. Here’s how he did it and what happened next.

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