"Apple says zero-day bugs exploited against ‘specific targeted individuals’ using iOS", 16 April 2025

Apple has released new software updates across its product line to fix two security vulnerabilities, which the company said may have been actively used to hack customers running its mobile software, iOS.

In security advisories posted on its website, Apple confirmed it fixed the two zero-day vulnerabilities, which “may have been exploited in an extremely sophisticated attack against specific targeted individuals on iOS.”

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It’s not yet known who is behind the attacks or how many Apple customers were targeted, or if any were successfully compromised. A spokesperson for Apple did not return TechCrunch’s inquiry. 

Apple credited the discovery of one of the two bugs to security researchers working at Google’s Threat Analysis Group, which investigates government-backed cyberattacks. This may indicate that the attacks targeting Apple customers were launched or coordinated by a nation state or government agency. Some government-backed cyberattacks are known to involve the use of remotely planted spyware and other phone-unlocking devices.

A Google spokesperson did not immediately comment when reached by TechCrunch.

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