Apple users were urged to update their devices after the tech giant announced a fix for a major software flaw that allows the Pegasus spyware to be installed on phones.
Apple has released an emergency fix to software flaw targeted by the spyware at the heart of the Pegasus scandal.SAN FRANCISCO - Apple users were urged to update their devices after the tech giant announced a fix for a major software flaw that allows the Pegasus spyware to be installed on phones without so much as a click.
Apple said that it had"rapidly" developed a software update after Citizen Lab alerted it to the hole in its iMessage software on 7 September. Citizen Lab said it believed the flaw, which it named FORCEDENTRY, had been used to install Pegasus on devices since February 2021 or possibly earlier.
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