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France’s Cyber Agency Confirms Apple’s Sept. 3 Spyware Threat Alerts, Fourth This Year

Apple’s warnings indicate a possible compromise of an iCloud‑linked device, with immediate contact to CERT‑FR advised.

In this photo taken on November 17, 2017 France's President Emmanuel Macron holds his mobile phones while talking with Slovakia's Prime minister during the European Social Summit in Gothenburg, Sweden. - French President Emmanuel Macron called an urgent national security meeting on July 22, 2021 to discuss the Israeli-made Pegasus spyware after reports about its use in France emerged this week, a government spokesman said. A consortium of media companies, including the Washington Post, the Guardian and France's Le Monde, reported on Tuesday that one of Macron's phone numbers and those of many cabinet ministers were on a leaked list of potential Pegasus targets. (Photo by Ludovic MARIN / AFP) (Photo by LUDOVIC MARIN/AFP via Getty Images)
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Overview

  • France’s CERT-FR says Apple sent a new wave of threat notifications on September 3, following earlier rounds on March 5, April 29, and June 25.
  • Receiving the alert means at least one device tied to the recipient’s iCloud account was targeted and may be compromised, with notifications delivered via iMessage, email, and account.apple.com.
  • CERT-FR urges recipients to contact the agency, preserve the original Apple email, and avoid resetting, updating, or otherwise altering devices to protect evidence.
  • The campaigns use highly sophisticated techniques including zero-day and zero-click exploits, with recent attacks chaining iOS CVE-2025-43300 and WhatsApp CVE-2025-55177; WhatsApp sent in-app notices to fewer than 200 users.
  • Apple advises updates, Lockdown/Isolation Mode, and expert help, declines to attribute the activity, and has added Memory Integrity Enforcement to the latest iPhone models to harden against memory-corruption exploits.