Apple’s camera and microphone indicators are supposed to tell iPhone users when the microphone or camera are on, but after a device is fully compromised with kernel-level access by another hack, Predator spyware can prevent those from appearing.
Malware can defeat iOS privacy indicators for recording
Malware can defeat iOS privacy indicators for recording
Camera and microphone indicators, which first appeared in iOS 14, are a big part of Apple’s privacy message. Users depend on them to know when recording is going on.
Security researchers at Jamf found that Predator spyware can prevent those iOS recording indicators from appearing. It’s not a standalone attack though — the technique is post-compromise behavior, and the analysis doesn’t describe a new iOS vulnerability or a flaw that needs patching.