A powerful set of hacking tools capable of stealing data from iPhones and iPads has been leaked online.
This exposes hundreds of millions of Apple products to cyberattacks and security breaches.
The tool known as DarkSword consists of exploits that can hack devices running iOS 18.4 to 18.7.
Apple recently released these versions in September 2025.
The worst case scenario is that your code was leaked on GitHub, making it easily accessible for anyone to download and deploy.
How to protect your device?
Apple has verified that users running the most recent versions of iOS, 18.7.6 or iOS 26.3.1, are now safe from these attacks.
However, those who cannot or do not want to update can activate Lockdown Mode, a security feature available since iOS 16 that prevents these attacks.
Users whose devices are currently running iOS 13 or 14 should update to iOS 15, which received a critical security patch on March 11 to protect against DarkSword vulnerabilities.
