threat Pegasus still alive. a new investigation Citizen Lab and Digital Rights Defense Network (R3D) reported this Tuesday that the famous espionage program was used in Mexico last year and He managed to hack the last two versions of iOS, the iPhone operating system, thereby breaching the security of the device. mobile phones of the Apple brand.
Forensic analysis by the University of Toronto research lab and the Mexican NGO revealed that the Israeli company’s software was uncovered over the past year. NSO Group It used three new zero-click cyberattacks that managed to infiltrate devices running earlier versions of iOS 15 and iOS 16. This method allows attackers computer virus on the victim’s mobile phone, without the victim having to click on any link. This makes the attack more dangerous as the victim is not aware that they are being watched.
Citizen Lab briefed Apple on the results of its research, and since then, the Apple tech company has updated its mobile phone’s operating system to strengthen its oversight and close the gap. The latest updates are between 7 and 10 April.
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These violations Mexican against two officials from the Prodh Center, a human rights organization. In 2017, this NGO was already under surveillance with Pegasus. And it has since represented the families of 43 students who went missing in 2014. Ayotzinapaa national scandal that afflicted the then-president’s government Enrique Pena Nieto.
To current victims, by Apple late last year, “state-sponsored aggressors”. While it is unknown who is behind this new breach, the military will be the only Mexican institution currently held by Pegasus. The investigation does not specify how many people may have been tracked using these methods.
This new evidence reveals the evolution and adaptation of Pegasus to continue spying on people around the world. Last year, Citizen Lab also discovered that the Israeli surveillance program was used to spy on 63 people in the United States. catalan independence movementIncluding the three presidents of the Generalitat of Catalonia, as well as the Head of Government, Pedro Sánchez.
Mexico is also on the list of countries that have resorted to other ‘spyware’ such as: quadruple dream Spying on critical journalists, opposition politicians and humanitarian activists, according to a joint investigation between Citizen Lab and Microsoft released last week.