Numerous reports, including Mashable's own coverage , were published on Wednesday about a new hacker tool called DarkSword that is being used to target iPhones. Apple has now shared with Mashable some important information regarding the threat and how the company is addressing it. According to Apple, the company last year patched the underlying iOS vulnerabilities that the spyware exploited. In addition, Apple also pushed out an emergency software update for iOS 15 and iOS 16 on March 11 meant for older iOS devices that were not able to update to the more recent, patched versions of iOS. Apple says that any user running iOS 15 through iOS 26 are protected from DarkSword spyware. SEE ALSO: Hackers target millions of iPhones with new DarkSword spyware However, users running iOS 13 or iOS 14 need to update to iOS 15 in order for their device to receive these same protections. Apple says users still using these older versions of iOS will receive an alert to install a C...
