On Thursday, Apple publicly released iOS 16.6.1, which brings no new features but fixes security vulnerabilities, as we previously reported. Interestingly, we now know that iOS 16.6.1 also fixes an exploit used by Pegasus spyware.
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Earlier this year, a report by the New York Times revealed that a special US version of Pegasus smartphone spyware was created by NSO and purchased by the FBI. Now, two Republican lawmakers are pressing Apple and the Federal Bureau of Investigation about it.
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Apple announced last month that it had filed a lawsuit against NSO Group, the company behind the advanced “Pegasus” spyware that targets iPhone and Android devices. Now, researchers at Google’s Project Zero have gone an in-depth on Pegasus, calling it “one of the most technically sophisticated exploits we’ve ever seen.”
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