Premkumar explained that iMessage has several in-built mechanisms to handle animated .gif files.
One of these methods checks the specific file format using a library named ImageIO.
But while the current attack has been curtailed, the attack mechanism has opened Pandora’s box.

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“Zero-click exploits are not going to die anytime soon.

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