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Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a new mobile trojan that literally looks to steal peoples faces to hack into theiraccounts.

Still, the existence of the iOS version marks a rare occasion ofmalwaretargetingApples mobileoperating system, the researchers said.

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To get the malware to work, the victim still needs to grant it relevant permissions.

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