Citizen Lab finds spyware linked to Israeli firm NSO exploiting newly discovered flaw in Apple devices. Apple confirms using "Lockdown Mode" blocks attack. Civil society serves as early warning system. Apple issues new updates to fix vulnerability; NSO unable to comment. U.S. blacklisted NSO in 2021 for alleged abuses.

Researchers said they found spyware they linked to Israeli firm NSO that exploited a newly discovered flaw in Apple devices

    • mishimaenjoyer
      6•1 year ago

      i wonder what it will take until apple is sueing the living shit out of pegasus?

  • @[email protected]
    8•1 year ago

    The Israeli firm has been blacklisted by the U.S. government since 2021 for alleged abuses, including surveillance of government officials and journalists.

    What does that mean? How is it distinct from sanctions or marking them as a terrorist organization?

  • @muntedcrocodile
    4•1 year ago

    Maybe security by obscurity isn’t the greatest idea who would have thought?