25-08-2016 19:53 via news.yahoo.com

Government caught using sophisticated one-click hacking tool in the wild

Researchers have discovered a scarily effective piece of malware, authored by an Israeli "cyber arms dealer," that can completely hack an iPhone if the user clicks on one link. First found by a UAE human rights defender who was sent a malicious link, the spyware uses a series of zero-day exploits to thoroughly take control of a users' iPhone. Ahmed Mansoor, the human rights defender in question, was sent the link earlier in August. It was in a text message which promised him information if he fo
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