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Apple went to war with the Israeli spy system Pegasus.The company sucks creators and warns its users with a new type of notification.
Apple brought heavy works against the Israeli spy system called Pegasus.In recent months it has been very loud about him, due to unprecedented effectiveness.
Pegasus is a tool full of surveillance, capable of recording geolocation, recording the sound of conversations, intercepting messages, photos, screenshots and all data entering and leaving the application.To all this, Pegasus can log in pressing the virtual keyboard keys, as well as all screen touches.The software was detected in 2016, and today it is believed that it works in 45 countries, including in Poland.
Pegasus is to be used, among othersThrough intelligence and other highest levels for eavesdropping, among otherspoliticians, criminals or terrorists.Israeli software is famous for its effectiveness and for the fact that it is completely transparent to the user.
Apple suits the creators of Pegasus.
NSO Group, the creators of Pegasus, were sued by Apple, as we learned from official press release.Apple has the heaviest court works and the lawsuit concerns breaking security systems used in iOS.
Apple is not the first great corporation of the Tech world that intervened in the Pegasus case.Earlier, in 2019, the lawsuit was fought by the then Facebook (today's finish), the owner of the WhatsApp application, from which Pegasus can capture all communication.
The eavesdropped iPhone users will receive a notification.
Apple on an ongoing basis is a patch of gaps, through which Pegasus gets into the iOS, but it is a fight with windmills, because the NSO Group brings together the best security specialists and hackers.Picking up one gap does not mean that the NSO Group will not find another gate.
A new type of notifications will appear in the iOS system, which will be seen by people overheard the Pegasus system.Apple will send relevant information by email and the IMessage system.A new notification banner will also appear in the system, which will be displayed each time when logging in to the application or websites.In the email and in the IMessage message there will be a list of steps that the user should take to minimize the risk.Although it will probably be too late for action.
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