Google Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG) identified the new "full-chain exploit," in partnership with security firms Lookout and iVerify. The exploit, called "DarkSword," takes advantage of six zero-day vulnerabilities to compromise iPhones. GTIG says, as of November, it observed "multiple commercial surveillance vendors and suspected state-sponsored actors" using DarkSword in malware campaigns. As of now, those targets have been in Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Malaysia, and Ukraine.
DarkSword is designed to quickly and stealthily scrape credentials and personal information off your device, including passwords, keys, documents, emails, crypto wallets, usernames, photos, among other data points. This is done in seconds or minutes, so it doesn't take long for DarkSword to work. An attack works like this: You're browsing a website in Safari embedded with a malicious iframe. Once Safari encounters it, DarkSword can breakout of the WebContent sandbox, which typically prevents unauthorized services from running in areas of iOS they're not supposed to. As such, it quickly gives itself permission to access privileged processes, and gains access to sensitive parts of iOS.
How to protect yourself from DarkSword
Luckily, GTIG reported DarkSword to Apple back in late 2025, and since then, Apple has fully patched the exploits involved. The company didn't issue the patches all at once, however; rather, Apple ran individual patches through various updates, releasing the final fixes with iOS 26.3 and iOS 18.7.3. As such, you need to be running at least those versions of either iOS 26 or iOS 18 in order to protect yourself from this malware kit.
That risk, in my view, is quite low: Based on the current reports, these threat actors are targeting users in limited areas, and are being run by sophisticated networks, including those funded by governments. If you don't have reason to be in the crosshairs of a government agency, especially one that would target users in Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Malaysia, and Ukraine, you're not likely to be a victim of DarkSword.
Still, why take the risk, however small? If DarkSword continues to spread, perhaps its affects will as well. When the solution is as simple as updating your iPhone, what's the harm?
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