{"id":227496,"date":"2026-03-20T07:24:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-20T11:24:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/20\/apple-urges-iphone-users-to-update-as-coruna-and-darksword-exploit-kits-emerge\/"},"modified":"2026-03-25T12:45:24","modified_gmt":"2026-03-25T16:45:24","slug":"apple-urges-iphone-users-to-update-as-coruna-and-darksword-exploit-kits-emerge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/20\/apple-urges-iphone-users-to-update-as-coruna-and-darksword-exploit-kits-emerge\/","title":{"rendered":"Apple urges iPhone users to update as Coruna and DarkSword exploit kits emerge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/securityaffairs.com\/189716\/security\/apple-urges-iphone-users-to-update-as-coruna-and-darksword-exploit-kits-emerge.html\">Apple urges iPhone users to update as Coruna and DarkSword exploit kits emerge<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/securityaffairs.com\/189716\/security\/apple-urges-iphone-users-to-update-as-coruna-and-darksword-exploit-kits-emerge.html\">https:\/\/securityaffairs.com\/189716\/security\/apple-urges-iphone-users-to-update-as-coruna-and-darksword-exploit-kits-emerge.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-03-20 07:24:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"securityaffairs.com\">securityaffairs.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><h2>Apple urges iPhone users to update as Coruna and DarkSword exploit kits emerge<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span> Pierluigi Paganini<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/securityaffairs.com\/wp-content\/themes\/security_affairs\/images\/clock-icon.svg\" alt=\"\"\/> March 20, 2026<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-fluid mb-4\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/securityaffairs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/image-18.png?fit=2048%2C1147&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Apple warns that outdated iPhones are vulnerable to Coruna and DarkSword exploit kits and urges users to update iOS.<\/h2>\n<p>Apple has warned that iPhones running outdated iOS versions are at risk from exploit kits like Coruna and DarkSword. These attacks use malicious web content to trigger infection chains that can steal sensitive data. Users are strongly advised to update their devices to stay protected.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSecurity researchers recently identified web-based attacks that target out-of-date versions of iOS through malicious web content. For example, if you\u2019re using an older version of iOS and were to click a malicious link or visit a compromised website, the data on your iPhone might be at risk of being stolen.\u201d reads Apple\u2019s advisory. \u201cWe thoroughly investigated these issues as they were found and released software updates as quickly as possible for the most recent operating system versions to address vulnerabilities and disrupt such attacks.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Keeping the iPhone updated is the most effective way to stay protected from threats like Coruna and DarkSword. Devices running the latest iOS versions are not vulnerable, and Lockdown Mode also blocks these attacks, even on older systems, though updates are still strongly recommended.<\/p>\n<p>If your iPhone runs an older iOS version, take action:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Devices on iOS 15 to iOS 26 are already protected if fully updated<\/li>\n<li>Apple released updates on March 11, 2026, to extend protection to iOS 15 and 16 devices<\/li>\n<li>Devices on iOS 13 or 14 must upgrade to iOS 15 and install a Critical Security Update<\/li>\n<li>Safari\u2019s Safe Browsing feature helps block known malicious domains by default<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Updating ensures user data remains secure.<\/p>\n<p>In February, Google\u2019s Threat Intelligence Group <strong>identified<\/strong> a powerful new iOS exploit kit called Coruna (also known&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/securityaffairs.com\/189716\/security\/apple-urges-iphone-users-to-update-as-coruna-and-darksword-exploit-kits-emerge.html\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Apple urges iPhone users to update as Coruna and DarkSword exploit kits emerge https:\/\/securityaffairs.com\/189716\/security\/apple-urges-iphone-users-to-update-as-coruna-and-darksword-exploit-kits-emerge.html Publish&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":227497,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/securityaffairs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/image-18.png","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[31],"class_list":["post-227496","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cybersecurity","tag-exploit"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/227496"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=227496"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/227496\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":227498,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/227496\/revisions\/227498"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/227497"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=227496"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=227496"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=227496"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}