A man talks on the phone walking along Red Square in front of St. Basil’s Cathedral in central Moscow on February 28, 2023. (Photo by Alexander NEMENOV / AFP) (Photo by ALEXANDER NEMENOV/AFP via Getty Images)
Google Project Zero analyst Ian Beer spent six months working on an exploit that allows him to get complete control of nearby iPhones. (Screenshot / YouTube)
Researcher Ian Beer earned high praise for his persistence in working out the attack, which involves an iPhone feature called Apple Wireless Direct Link.
Pickren figured out how to trick a Safari browser into serving up malicious code to infiltrate the iPhone camera and steal browser passwords. (Getty images)
Amy Hess speaks at a press conference in Cincinnati in April 2019. Charges were announced against 60 defendants as a result of a takedown by a regional anti-opioid strike force. (FBI)