Sunday, August 28, 2016

Apple’s admonition: Update Your Iphone – Expressen

“Your iPhone is super sensitive to being hacked to update immediately,” urges the site Buzz Feed.

The reason for the call – and warning – is that an Israeli company to have sold the software that allows your mobile phone can be hacked.

According to the data, the information can be used to read messages, emails, take part in contact lists and even phone calls.

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the company, which will have changed its name several times to avoid being discovered, under the data sold software to the authorities.

activist became suspicious

It all should have been detected by the human rights activist Ahmed Mansoor who had some strange messages and sounded the alarm to the Citizen Lab.

A report shows that even journalists have been subject to attacks.

Apple is said to have been unaware of the threat to the iPhone that will “provide total access” to mobiles .

Messages are designed in a way that makes them click-friendly for the user; for example, by getting them to click on links that are provided to come from Facebook or even Pokémon.

Once the user has clicked will the hackers have gained access to the phone.

Asked update your phone

– We have become aware of this sensitivity and fixed it right away with iOS 9.3.5, Apple announced to BuzzFeed.

users will be prompted to always download the latest version of iOS to protect against possible security risks.

the company responds to accusations

Lookout’s Mike Murray, managing director of the research department told Motherboard that this type of “viruses” never seen before.

the NSO Group, which is said to be behind it all wrote in an email to the New York Times that the company sells only to legitimate authorities under strict rules.

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