Apple Pushed Out Security Update Due to Egyptian Politician's Predator Spyware Infection
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Researchers at Citizen Lab report that a prominent Egyptian opposition politician, Ahmed Eltantawy, who plans to challenge President Abdel Fatah El-Sisi in elections expected early next year, was targeted with a previously unknown and expensive zero-day exploit to infect his phone with Predator spyware made by Cytrox, prompting Apple to push a security update to its users last week.
Citizen Lab said it had “high confidence” that the Egyptian government was responsible for the failed hacking attempt.
Like other high-end spyware vendors, Cytrox sells only to government agencies. Because Egypt is a…
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