#PEGASUS IOS PATCH#

вЂњWeвЂ™re not necessarily attributing this attack to the Saudi government,вЂќ said researcher Bill Marczak.Д¬itizen Lab previously found evidence of zero-click exploits being used to hack into the phones of al-Jazeera journalists and other targets, but hasnвЂ™t previously seen the malicious code itself.ДЄlthough security experts say that average iPhone, iPad and Mac user generally need not worry - such attacks tend to be limited to specific targets - the discovery still alarmed security professionals. The targeted activist asked to remain anonymous, they said. It was the first time a so-called вЂњzero-clickвЂќ exploit - one that doesnвЂ™t require users to click on suspect links or open infected files - has been caught and analyzed, the researchers said. NSO Group responded with a one-sentence statement saying it will continue providing tools for fighting вЂњterror and crime.вЂќ The previously unknown vulnerability affected all major Apple devices - iPhones, Macs and Apple Watches, the researchers said. They said they had high confidence that the worldвЂ™s most infamous hacker-for-hire firm, IsraelвЂ™s NSO Group, was behind that attack. Researchers at the University of TorontoвЂ™s Citizen Lab said the security issue was exploited to plant spyware on a Saudi activistвЂ™s iPhone.

#PEGASUS IOS PATCH#

BOSTON (AP) - Apple released a critical software patch to fix a security vulnerability that researchers said could allow hackers to directly infect iPhones and other Apple devices without any user action.

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