Sonke sizwile nge-spyware eqenjini le-NSO, i-Pegasus, ebelisematheni kusukela ngo-2016. Kufanele wazi ukuthi enkampanini yezokuphepha iCitizen Lab banayo wazisiwe manje, sengcupheni entsha ebucayi ethinta iMessage ethinta nama-Mac abizwa nge- 'Forcedentry'.
Inkinga ngale spyware ukuthi ingenele ezindaweni eziningi zomhlaba futhi ibe nempumelelo ehluke kakhulu yezinhloli. Kepha nguyena onamandla kunabo bonke abake bathola imiphumela. Vele, ukuphendula kwezinkampani kuphendulile njengoba kufanele. I-Apple manje isisitholile isibuyekezo sokuphepha esibhekana nobungozi obusha. Sisebenze ngokuphuthumayo futhi kahle kakhulu.
Ukuba sengozini kuhlasela umtapo wolwazi we-Apple ohambisa isithombe futhi kuthinta amadivayisi we-iOS, MacOS ne-WatchOS. Ngakho-ke ama-iPhone, ama-Mac nama-Apple Watch ayathinteka futhi angahlaselwa yile spyware.
Ngalesi sengozini, i-spyware yeqembu le-NSO ingatholakala kudivayisi ngaphandle kokutholwa futhi ikwazi ukubona yonke imilayezo futhi ilalele zonke izingcingo.
Njengoba kuchazwe yiCitizen Lab, bakholelwa ukuthi lokhu kusengcupheni kungenzeka ukuthi kwakusetshenziswa kusukela ngoFebhuwari 2021, ngaphansi kuka- ikhodi CVE-2021-30860.
Ngemuva kokwazi umbiko wenkampani yezokuphepha kwe-cyber, i-Apple isilungise ngokushesha le ngozi futhi yathumela isibuyekezo. Kusuka ekhasini lokuxhaswa le-Apple ungabona izibuyekezo zakamuva zokuphepha. Esedlule sivele ngo-Agasti 16, 2021 futhi sigxile ku-iCloud yeWindows. Usuvele uyazi ukuthi ungavuselela wonke amadivayisi onawo futhi angathinteka. Ukuze wenze lokhu kufanele uye kuzilungiselelo> Okuvamile bese uchofoza izibuyekezo zesoftware ukulanda izinhlobo zakamuva ze-iOS, i-iPadOS, i-WatchOS ne-macOS.