Apple Issues Urgent iPhone Update, Due to Spyware Vulnerability.<br />The Apple update addressed an issue with the iMessage software, .<br />which was allegedly exploited <br />by a particular spyware created <br />by the Israeli company NSO Group.<br />The NSO Group was also <br />accused by Facebook of <br />infiltrating WhatsApp <br />back in 2019.<br />According to reports, the latest detected vulnerability allowed the surveillance of a Saudi activist.<br />Reports state that it can also make <br />use of the well-known malicious <br />program known as Pegasus.<br />Researchers with the Citizens Lab at the University of Toronto say that Pegasus has been used to surveil journalists and activists all over the world.<br />According to the head of <br />Apple Security Engineering and Architecture.<br />the breach is "not a threat to the overwhelming majority of our users.".<br />Attacks like the ones described are highly sophisticated, cost millions of dollars to develop, ... , Ivan Krstić, Apple Security Engineering and Architecture, via CNN.<br />...often have a short shelf life, and are used to target <br />specific individuals, Ivan Krstić, Apple Security Engineering and Architecture, via CNN.<br />NSO Group responded to the <br />controversy in a statement, .<br />but did not address the specific allegations as presented by Citizens Lab.<br />NSO Group will continue to provide intelligence and law enforcement agencies around the world with life saving technologies to fight terror <br />and crime, NSO Statement, via CNN.<br />The U.N. recently called for a <br />moratorium on the sale of spyware <br />tools until their use is "in compliance <br />with international human rights standards."
