pple sent another round of threat notifications to iPhone users in 98 countries, about compromised mobile security.
Such cybersecurity alerts have been sent to users by Apple since 2021 across more than 150 countries. In April this year, a similar threat emerged in 92 nations, and on Wednesday, Apple identified the attack as mercenary spyware.
Even though, Apple did not disclose the identity of the cybersecurity attackers, nor the countries affected.
“Apple detected that you are being targeted by mercenary spyware attacks that are trying to remotely compromise the iPhone associated with your Apple ID -xxx-,” is the warning popping up on iPhone users globally.
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This attack is likely targeting you specifically because of who you are or what you do. You can never be sure when detecting such attacks. However, Apple has high confidence in this warning. They told affected customers to take it seriously.
The most targeted customers are allegedly from India, as stated by iPhone users. In October, similar mercenary spyware attacks targeted many journalists and politicians from the nation. Amnesty International is a human rights support group. They said Pegasus, the aggressive spyware attacks made by the Israeli-based cybersecurity company NSO Group, is targeting iPhone users who are influent journalists.
iPhone users say that Pegasus, for now, gains control over iPhone mobile security. And it does this by making missed calls on WhatsApp.
With India's mobile security under attack. The Indian government has also made a statement to warn iPhone users of the cybersecurity risk. The Government of India (GOI) has been accused of weaponising Pegasus, which was bought to harass critics and political opponents. PDP president Mehbooba Mufti's daughter makes the testimonial addressing this matter in a post on X platform.
Additionally, Apple made a language shift. They now refer to the threat as "mercenary spyware attacks". They previously referred to it as "state-sponsored". This way, Apple implied the gravity of the cybersecurity threats, rather than political-made decisions.
Apple is confident against Pegasus, and has expressed reliance on “internal threat-intelligence information and investigations to detect such attacks.”
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