Your iPhone Is Susceptible to Malware Attack Even When Switched Off

The apple logo is projected on a screen before the start of a product launch event at Apple's headquarters in Cupertino, Calif., on Sept. 10, 2019. Josh Edelson/AFP via Getty Images

Apple Inc.’s iPhone is not immune to malware attacks when it is switched off, researchers at the Technical University of Darmstadt, Germany said in a research paper titled “Evil Never Sleeps.”

A new type of malware developed by researchers at the university can infest the iPhone.