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A Grad Student Found Spyware That Could Control Anybody’s iPhone

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Re: A Grad Student Found Spyware That Could Control Anybody’s iPhone

#3
Long winded prose. Description of beards and an attempt to give the whole thing a 007 spin.

Tldr; suspected government grade spyware originating from Israeli company NSO used to trap dissidents in Arab countries, targeting the iPhone (iOS 9) and utilising 2 or 3 zero days to jailbreak the device and snoop on everything it can.

Would have been nice to read some technical details but there are none, and the piece goes on forever, needlessly.

Re: A Grad Student Found Spyware That Could Control Anybody’s iPhone

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post #3

Long winded prose. Description of beards and an attempt to give the whole thing a 007 spin. Tldr; suspected government grade spyware originating from Israeli company NSO used to trap dissidents in Arab countries, targeting the iPhone (iOS 9) and utilising 2 or 3 zero days to jailbreak the device and snoop on everything it can. Would have been nice to read some technical details but there are none, and the piece goes…

there you go: http://info.lookout.com/rs/051-ESQ-475/images/lookout-pegasu...

Re: A Grad Student Found Spyware That Could Control Anybody’s iPhone

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post #3

Long winded prose. Description of beards and an attempt to give the whole thing a 007 spin. Tldr; suspected government grade spyware originating from Israeli company NSO used to trap dissidents in Arab countries, targeting the iPhone (iOS 9) and utilising 2 or 3 zero days to jailbreak the device and snoop on everything it can. Would have been nice to read some technical details but there are none, and the piece goes…

there you go: http://info.lookout.com/rs/051-ESQ-475/images/lookout-pegasu...

Thank you! That's awesome

Re: A Grad Student Found Spyware That Could Control Anybody’s iPhone

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post #3

Long winded prose. Description of beards and an attempt to give the whole thing a 007 spin. Tldr; suspected government grade spyware originating from Israeli company NSO used to trap dissidents in Arab countries, targeting the iPhone (iOS 9) and utilising 2 or 3 zero days to jailbreak the device and snoop on everything it can. Would have been nice to read some technical details but there are none, and the piece goes…

Its a social studies article masking as a tech article because iPhone.

Its what you get when hipsters think they are hot shit with tech because they own something Apple made.

Re: A Grad Student Found Spyware That Could Control Anybody’s iPhone

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post #3

Long winded prose. Description of beards and an attempt to give the whole thing a 007 spin. Tldr; suspected government grade spyware originating from Israeli company NSO used to trap dissidents in Arab countries, targeting the iPhone (iOS 9) and utilising 2 or 3 zero days to jailbreak the device and snoop on everything it can. Would have been nice to read some technical details but there are none, and the piece goes…

there you go: http://info.lookout.com/rs/051-ESQ-475/images/lookout-pegasu...

Maybe a mod could change the article link to this?

Re: A Grad Student Found Spyware That Could Control Anybody’s iPhone

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"nearly 1,400 lines of multicolored commands in seemingly random order, tossed about like a salad." oh geez, really?

Yep, and then:

"Suddenly lines of colorful computer code began manically unspooling down his screen: a view of the alien code invading the phone."

Orson Welles and his War of the Worlds was a kid in comparison.

Re: A Grad Student Found Spyware That Could Control Anybody’s iPhone

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post #9

"nearly 1,400 lines of multicolored commands in seemingly random order, tossed about like a salad." oh geez, really?

Yep, and then: "Suddenly lines of colorful computer code began manically unspooling down his screen: a view of the alien code invading the phone." Orson Welles and his War of the Worlds was a kid in comparison.

One part hollywood, two parts liberal arts major...
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