IPhone Users Urged to Update Software After Security Flaws Are Found
By Nicole Perlroth
SAN FRANCISCO - One of the world's most evasive digital arms dealers is believed to have been taking advantage of three security vulnerabilities in popular Apple products in its efforts to spy on dissidents and journalists.
Investigators discovered that a company called the NSO Group, an Israeli outfit that sells software that invisibly tracks a target's mobile phone, was responsible for the intrusions. The NSO Group's software can read text messages and emails and track calls and contacts. It can even record sounds, collect passwords and trace the whereabouts of the phone user.
Apple has patched its mobile operating system after investigators found flaws that were exploited to spy on dissidents and journalists.