It was the first time a so-called “zero-click” exploit - one that doesn’t require users to click on suspect links or open infected files - has been caught and analyzed, the researchers said.
NSO Group responded with a one-sentence statement saying it will continue providing tools for fighting “terror and crime.” The previously unknown vulnerability affected all major Apple devices - iPhones, Macs and Apple Watches, the researchers said. They said they had high confidence that the world’s most infamous hacker-for-hire firm, Israel’s NSO Group, was behind that attack. Researchers at the University of Toronto’s Citizen Lab said the security issue was exploited to plant spyware on a Saudi activist’s iPhone. BOSTON (AP) - Apple released a critical software patch to fix a security vulnerability that researchers said could allow hackers to directly infect iPhones and other Apple devices without any user action.
