Here's How a Mexican Journalist Avoided Israeli iPhone Spyware Hack Tim Johnson - McClatchyDC | |
go to original August 30, 2016 |
Apple Boosts iPhone Security After Spyware Find (Associated Press)
Mexican investigative journalist Rafael Cabrera didn’t take the bait.
Mysterious text messages would pop into his iPhone but he refrained from clicking on the links they contained. It saved his phone from turning into a surveillance tool, a digital ankle bracelet transmitting his every move, email and contact list entry.
Cabrera’s caution served him well, but the spyware scandal that rocked Apple THIS week brought only bad news for dissidents, human rights activists, investigative journalists and others in the sights of repressive or meddlesome governments. Their cellular phones are potentially their worst enemies.
Cyber experts revealed this week that an Israeli firm, NSO Group, had created spyware that allowed remote operators to seize virtual control of iPhones and iPads, listening to all conversations, intercepting all data and activating the cameras and microphones at will.
Apple reacted quickly, offering security updates to address the vulnerabilities. Owners of the estimated 1 billion Apple devices running the iOS operating system have only to download the patches onto their devices.
But experts say sophisticated spyware can now be put in the hands of leaders of even the most backwater nations.
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