groveChuck
U-matic Member
The much-talked-about hack that would allow governments to spy on your every move through your iPhone and iPad has become reality.
Apple issued a security update for those devices Thursday after researchers discovered spyware that turns hand-held Apple devices into the mother of all snoops, allowing remote operators to intercept all voice and data communications and pass along every photograph and video.
Researchers said spyware had never been found before this month that could “jailbreak” an iPhone or iPad and seize total control of its functions...
The spyware’s existence also calls into question the security of widely used encrypted communications programs such as WhatsApp and Telegram, both of whose contents can be intercepted on a compromised device before they are scrambled...
(He’d) already been targeted by other attempts. In all cases, the text messages were bait to get him to click on a link, which would have led to the infection of his Apple iPhone 6 and the control of the device through spying software created by NSO Group, a shadowy Israeli surveillance company...
They quickly learned that the infection would have turned his iPhone into a pocket undercover spy “capable of employing his iPhone’s camera and microphone to eavesdrop on activity in the vicinity of the device, recording his WhatsApp and Viber calls, logging messages sent in mobile chat apps and tracking his movements.”...
Apple Inc. was notified by Citizen Lab and Lookout on Aug. 15 of the vulnerability in the iPhones and iPads, and it said the security update provided Thursday blocked the use of Trident spyware...
“We advise all of our customers to always download the latest version of iOS to protect themselves against potential security exploits,” Apple spokesman Fred Sainz said in an email.
Apple issued a security update for those devices Thursday after researchers discovered spyware that turns hand-held Apple devices into the mother of all snoops, allowing remote operators to intercept all voice and data communications and pass along every photograph and video.
Researchers said spyware had never been found before this month that could “jailbreak” an iPhone or iPad and seize total control of its functions...
The spyware’s existence also calls into question the security of widely used encrypted communications programs such as WhatsApp and Telegram, both of whose contents can be intercepted on a compromised device before they are scrambled...
(He’d) already been targeted by other attempts. In all cases, the text messages were bait to get him to click on a link, which would have led to the infection of his Apple iPhone 6 and the control of the device through spying software created by NSO Group, a shadowy Israeli surveillance company...
They quickly learned that the infection would have turned his iPhone into a pocket undercover spy “capable of employing his iPhone’s camera and microphone to eavesdrop on activity in the vicinity of the device, recording his WhatsApp and Viber calls, logging messages sent in mobile chat apps and tracking his movements.”...
Apple Inc. was notified by Citizen Lab and Lookout on Aug. 15 of the vulnerability in the iPhones and iPads, and it said the security update provided Thursday blocked the use of Trident spyware...
“We advise all of our customers to always download the latest version of iOS to protect themselves against potential security exploits,” Apple spokesman Fred Sainz said in an email.
