A New Virus Developed that Works Even When iPhone is Switched Off

Several physical components of the iPhone, including the chipset, continue to operate in low power mode, according to researchers from Germany's the Technical University of Darmstadt. Even when the iPhone is turned off, features like Find My iPhone can be used. They believe that the valuable characteristic has the potential to be utilised.

The Find My network uses the iPhone's Bluetooth chip for geolocation, but it can't encrypt the code it executes. The incapacity of this microprocessor to execute malware was exploited by researchers from the University of Darmstadt. They might use it to track the iPhone's location or activate certain functionalities when it was turned off.

Researchers further said, “Since LPM support is based on the iPhone’s hardware, it cannot be removed with system updates. Thus, it has a long-lasting effect on the overall iOS security model. To the best of our knowledge, we are the first who looked into undocumented LPM features introduced in iOS 15 and uncover various issues. There is a huge possibility for this loophole to be exploited. Our findings have limited value in real-world scenarios because for the potential exploit, jailbroken (bypassing all securities features) iPhone will work.”