No less than three vulnerabilities were potentially usable on devices equipped with iOS with the Pegasus spyware. It is through the reporting of an Emirati activist, activist for human rights, that this malware has been discovered by researchers in CitizenLab security, who then contacted Apple.
iOS victim of a very complex spyware
the rights defender Emirati man, Ahmed Mansoor, was accidentally discovered that they wanted to spy via iPhone 6. the latter receives on smartphone SMS with links to information alleging abuse of the Emirati diet. Suspicious, the 46 year old man who had been spying victim a few years earlier chooses not click these links and send the message to CitizenLab of researchers to analyze it. Bingo, computer scientists are discovering that these links were hiding in fact a very powerful malware.
After analysis and with the help of the computer security company Lookout, researchers then realize that this software operates 3 faults “zero day” present in iOS. This type of fault is rather rare on the Apple mobile OS. The fact that the authors of the spyware have managed to discover 3 demonstrates their expertise in the field. In view of the targeted person, the UAE government was behind the attempt of espionage according CitizenLab.
An update deployed by Apple
The spyware is very powerful. It allows its authors to take control of the device and to access different applications like Gmail, WhatsApp, Facebook, Skype, FaceTime, Viber, etc. or access the camera. According to security researchers, that is Israeli society NSO Group that should Pegasus.
The Apple brand, however, reacted and deployed emergency 9.3.5 update for iOS . Both say it is important to install it if you do not have did. It is intended for iPhone and iPad sold in 2011 and the iPod out since 2012.
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