NSO fails once again to claim foreign sovereign immunity in WhatsApp spying lawsuit.Uncle Sam to clip wings of Pegasus-like spyware – sorry, 'intrusion software' – with proposed export controls.US Dept of Commerce sanctions NSO Group, Positive Technologies, other makers of snoopware."Any time Apple discovers activity consistent with a state-sponsored spyware attack, Apple will notify the affected users in accordance with industry best practices." "Apple is notifying the small number of users that it discovered may have been targeted by FORCEDENTRY," the iBiz added. The exploit, dubbed FORCEDENTRY by its discoverers at Canadian non-profit Citizen Lab, was able to get around security protections in iOS and automatically install Pegasus. At that point, the spyware can be instructed to quietly exfiltrate data.Īnd on that note, the iTitan discussed how Pegasus was able to earlier this year get onto a few Apple iPhones without any user interaction, and why the biz rushed out an emergency patch in September to thwart these deployments.īetween February and September, NSO used a zero-click technique to infect selected iOS devices, Cupertino claimed. What typically happens is that a booby-trapped message is sent to a selected target's device, or they are invited to open a specially crafted file, which triggers the silent and hidden installation of Pegasus. “We will continue to work tirelessly to protect our users from abusive state-sponsored actors like NSO Group.”Īpple cited this month's sanctioning of four spyware vendors, including NSO, by the US Department of Commerce, as well as other crackdowns by Uncle Sam, to support its position that Pegasus is used to commit human-rights abuses.Īpple argued that though NSO sells Pegasus to foreign governments and others, the developer is heavily involved in each deployment of the tracking software, and thus needs to be held responsible for the ultimate use of the code. "The steps we’re taking today will send a clear message: in a free society, it is unacceptable to weaponize powerful state-sponsored spyware against those who seek to make the world a better place,” said Ivan Krstić, head of Apple Security Engineering and Architecture, in a statement. In a free society, it is unacceptable to weaponize powerful state-sponsored spyware against those who seek to make the world a better place NSO makes snoopware for Android as well as iOS, Apple was keen to remind us. The software, which can access the microphone, camera, messages, photos, and other sensitive data once on a compromised handheld, breaks US national and California laws, Apple claimed.
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