Apple rolls out urgent software update for iPhone to fix Pegasus-related vulnerability
Apple has rolled out a software update for the iPhone that patches a critical vulnerability, which, according to some researchers, has been exploited using surveillance software to snoop on a Saudi activist. According to the researchers, the exploit, called CVE-2021-30860, was being used to target journalists and human rights activists in Saudi Arabia and other countries through the notorious surveillance software called Pegasus developed and sold by Israeli firm NSO Group. On its software support website, Apple mentions the impact of this software update will be that "Processing a maliciously crafted PDF may lead to arbitrary code execution. NSO Group denied allegations made by security researchers, as well as downplayed Apple's software fix.
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