Apple Rolls Out DarkSword Exploit Protection to More Devices

Apple is rolling out iOS and iPadOS updates for older devices to protect them against the recently disclosed DarkSword exploit kit.

A few weeks after the Coruna exploit kit came to light, iVerify, Google, and Lookout warned of another dangerous exploit kit targeting vulnerabilities in Apple’s mobile platforms.

DarkSword, which is linked to Coruna by shared infrastructure, targets six iOS vulnerabilities, and it can allow attackers to fully compromise devices with minimal user interaction.

Security firms warned that DarkSword has been used by both state-sponsored threat groups and commercial surveillance vendors. At least two Russian nation-state groups have been leveraging the exploit kit in their attacks.

Apple released patches for the vulnerabilities exploited by DarkSword in 2025, and the owners of recent devices running the latest iOS versions have been protected for months.

However, when DarkSword emerged last month, iVerify estimated that roughly 200 million devices running iOS versions ...