![]() ![]() ![]() Pegasus is the latest example of how vulnerable we all are to digital prying. Also on that list are 10 prime ministers, three presidents and a king, according to an international investigation released in mid-July by The Washington Post and other media outlets, though there's no proof that being on the list means an attack was attempted or successful. The phones were on an activist organization's list of more than 50,000 phone numbers for politicians, judges, lawyers, teachers and others. NSO Group's software also runs on Android phones. Malware often uses collections of such vulnerabilities to gain a foothold on a device and then expand privileges to become more powerful. On Monday, though, Apple fixed a security hole that Pegasus exploited for installation on iPhones, The New York Times reported and Apple confirmed. It hasn't helped Apple's reputation as a trustworthy technology supplier, either. ![]()
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