Loic Venance/Agence France-Presse — Getty ImagesApple on Monday issued emergency software updates for a critical vulnerability in its products after security researchers uncovered a flaw that allows highly invasive spyware from Israel’s NSO Group to infect anyone’s iPhone, iWatch or Mac computer without so much as a click.在安全研究人员发现苹果公司产品中的一个关键漏洞后,苹果周一发布了紧急软件更新,该漏洞允许以色列NSO集团(NSO Group)的高侵入性间谍软件无需点击即可感染任何人的iPhone、iWatch或Mac电脑。
Apple’s security team has been working around the clock to develop a fix since Tuesday, after researchers at Citizen Lab, a cybersecurity watchdog organization at the University of Toronto, discovered that a Saudi activist’s iPhone had been infected with spyware from NSO Group.在多伦多大学网络安全监督组织“公民实验室”(Citizen Lab)的研究人员发现一名沙特活动人士的iPhone感染了NSO集团的间谍软件之后,苹果的安全团队上周二以来一直在夜以继日地开发修复程序。
In July, NSO Group became the subject of intense media scrutiny after Amnesty International, the human rights watchdog, and Forbidden Stories, a group that focuses on free speech, teamed up with a consortium of media organizations on “The Pegasus Project” to publish a list they said contained some 50,000 people — including hundreds of journalists, government leaders, dissidents and activists — selected as targets by NSO’s clients.7月,NSO集团成为媒体密切关注的对象,此前,人权监督机构国际特赦组织(Amnesty International)和关注言论自由的组织“禁忌故事”(Forbidden Stories)与媒体组织联盟合作开展“飞马计划”,发布了一份他们称包含大约5万人的名单,其中有数百名记者、政府领导人、持不同政见者和活动人士,这些人被NSO集团的客户选为目标 ... 阅读全文