NSO Group Found New Ways to Hack iPhones Last Year, Researchers Say
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The Israeli surveillance technology company NSO Group used at least three methods for breaking into iPhones when targeting members of civil society in 2022, according to a report by the Citizen Lab, a research group at the University of Toronto.The methods, known as zero-click exploit chains, allows the company to circumvent security features of the Apple Inc. phones and install NSO's “Pegasus” spyware, which can collect information from a device and also use its cameras and microphones for real-time surveillance. In zero-click hacks, a user doesn't have to click on a malicious link for the malware to infect a device. Citizen Lab said the hacking methods were used against devices belonging to members of the Miguel Agustín Pro Juárez AC Human Rights Center, known as Centro Prodh, ...