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Even though the security mechanisms implemented by Apple to protect iOS and keep hundreds of millions of devices secure have improved by leaps and bounds, hackers are still finding ways to skirt around Apple's protective measures. By its very nature, mobile security is something of a game of cat-and-mouse, and Apple, more often than not, typically finds itself reacting to newly unearthed exploits put together by increasingly sophisticated hackers.
Recently, researchers from Google's Project Zero -- a team whose sole mission is to identify zero-day vulnerabilities -- revealed that hackers in 2020 were taking advantage of seven 0-day exploits to compromise Android, Windows, and iOS devices. The exploits were delivered via a watering hole attack whereby the malicious code was inserted into dozens of websites likely to be visited by specific targets or groups of people.
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