Urgent iPhone software update issued to address critical spyware vulnerability
CUPERTINO, Calif. / CNN — Apple has updated its software for iPhones to address a critical vulnerability that independent researchers say has been exploited by notorious surveillance software to spy on a Saudi activist.
The software exploit has been in use since February and has been used to deploy Pegasus, researchers from the University of Toronto’s Citizen Lab said.
Pegasus — the spyware made by Israeli firm NSO Group — has allegedly been used to surveil journalists and human rights advocates in multiple countries.
NSO Group did not address the allegations, but said,...
