Inside 'Pegasus,' the impossible-to-detect software that hacks your iPhone

See Also - Apple issues iOS 9.3.5 update, patching serious security issues discovered just 10 days ago
 
Paul Szoldra Aug 27, 2016                                  https://static-ssl.businessinsider.com/image/57c0a68309d293ce178b4ba8-800A screenshot from NSO Group’s Pegasus Working Station software, showing locations of infected devices (as of March 2012). The hacking software that completely takes over an Apple iPhone and turns it into a mobile surveillance device is pretty terrifying.
 
Built by a shadowy company called NSO Group, the software called “Pegasus” — discovered after being used against a human rights activist in the United Arab Emirates — forced Apple to issue a critical software update on Thursday to protect its users worldwide.
 
Updating iOS to the current 9.3.5 version is crucial for all users, since Pegasus is designed to infect a person’s phone and it is virtually impossible to detect.
 
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