Web site TechCrunch this Tuesday (5) published the complaint of a Jordanian journalist and human rights defender regarding a hacker attack in December 2021 that killed the actor. Spyware Pegasus from Israeli company NOS Group. What is striking is that the breach occurred just weeks after Apple sued the company that created the spyware.
Award-winning journalist Suhair Jaradat requested Front Line Defenders and Citizen Lab for a forensic examination of his iPhone. Analysis revealed that the device was hacked by the notorious spyware on December 5, 2021.
Developed by NSO Group, the spyware gives government clients virtually unlimited access to the targeted cell phone containing personal data, photos, messages and location. While victims like Jaradat have received text messages with malicious links, the Israeli company is able to silently hack iPhones. without any user interactionthrough so-called “zero-click” attacks.
Apple’s case
On November 23 of last year, just a week before Jaradat’s iPhone attack, Apple filed an injunction in a US federal court to ban the NSO from using Apple’s branded products and services to develop and distribute hacks against its users. .
If an injunction is issued, it would make life easier for spyware makers as they largely depend on the use of certain services provided by Apple, such as the proprietary iMessage messaging service. Research by the Cupertino company shows that the service is used to create user accounts to distribute malware. Despite everything, the judge assigned to the case refused to take it.
Source: Tec Mundo
