{"id":917,"date":"2026-02-21T10:35:42","date_gmt":"2026-02-21T08:35:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/familiebuckens.nl\/?p=917"},"modified":"2026-02-23T10:36:24","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T08:36:24","slug":"predator-spyware-hooks-ios-springboard-to-hide-mic-camera-activity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/familiebuckens.nl\/index.php\/2026\/02\/21\/predator-spyware-hooks-ios-springboard-to-hide-mic-camera-activity\/","title":{"rendered":"Predator spyware hooks iOS SpringBoard to hide mic, camera activity"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Intellexa\u2019s Predator spyware can hide iOS recording indicators while secretly streaming camera and microphone feeds to its operators.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The malware does not exploit any iOS vulnerability but leverages previously obtained&nbsp;kernel-level access to hijack system indicators that would otherwise expose its surveillance operation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Apple introduced recording indicators on the status bar in iOS 14 to alert users when the&nbsp;camera or microphone is in use, displaying a green or an orange dot, respectively.<\/p>\n\n\n<a class=\"wp-block-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/familiebuckens.nl\/index.php\/2026\/02\/21\/predator-spyware-hooks-ios-springboard-to-hide-mic-camera-activity\/\" target=\"_self\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bleepingcomputer.com\/news\/security\/predator-spyware-hooks-ios-springboard-to-hide-mic-camera-activity\/\">Predator spyware hooks iOS SpringBoard to hide mic, camera activity<\/a><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">: Predator spyware hooks iOS SpringBoard to hide mic, camera activity<\/span><\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Intellexa\u2019s Predator spyware can hide iOS recording indicators while secretly streaming camera and microphone feeds to its operators. The malware does not exploit any iOS vulnerability but leverages previously obtained&nbsp;kernel-level access to hijack system indicators that would otherwise expose its surveillance operation. Apple introduced recording indicators on the status bar&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[72],"class_list":["post-917","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-malware","tag-72"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/familiebuckens.nl\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/917","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/familiebuckens.nl\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/familiebuckens.nl\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/familiebuckens.nl\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/familiebuckens.nl\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=917"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/familiebuckens.nl\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/917\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":918,"href":"https:\/\/familiebuckens.nl\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/917\/revisions\/918"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/familiebuckens.nl\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=917"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/familiebuckens.nl\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=917"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/familiebuckens.nl\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=917"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}