Apple announces that it will notify users who have been attacked by the national support type spyware

Apple announced on Wednesday that it will notify users who are considered to be the target of the attacker supported by the state.This was the other day after filing a lawsuit of the Israeli NSO Group, which has developed Pegasus, an advanced spyware that attacks and monitor iPhone and Android devices.

This PEGASUS is sold only by the government, but the customer contains extremely problematic countries in human rights that suppress anti -government activists.The world's largest international human rights NGO Amnesty International reported that PEGASUS was used for zero -click attacks on human rights activists and other innocent people (attacks that do not need to operate users and are hard to notice).。

According to Apple's new support documents, if they detect "activities that are inconsistent with national support -type attacks" (traces that seem to be attacked by Pegasus), they will inform users in the following two ways.

Regarding the notice of the threat by Apple, the aim is to "let users who are considered to be the target of the attacker supported by the nation and to help."The difference between these attacks and the conventional cyber crime is the point that "aiming for a very small number of individuals and its device" is "a very small number of people and its device", so it is extremely difficult to prevent detection and prevent it.Explanation.

Furthermore, regarding national support attacks, "most users have been highly complicated, have a huge amount of costs in development, and the attack period is often shorter."It does not need to be a target of the attack. "

Apple states that the national support type attack evolves as much as time evolves, so it cannot be guaranteed to detect everything, and there is a possibility of misinformation.

In addition, he emphasizes that he does not want to "click on the link, open a file, install apps and profiles, present the Apple ID password and confirmation code by e -mail or telephone", and makes Fishing of Apple.It seems that he is warning that he can not catch it.If you want to make sure that the threat notice is genuine, AppleID.Apple.It is recommended to sign in to COM and see if the notification is displayed at the top of the page.

Finally, as a general attitude toward cyber attacks and malware, all users should take measures to be thorough.

If you do not have a threat notice from Apple, and if you know the reason for being a target of national support type attacks, it will be strongly recommended to support experts and links to emergency support organizations.Is also presented.

At least it is unlikely that you will be a target such as PEGASUS in Japan, but the above -mentioned general security measures are always important to keep in mind.

Source: Apple

VIA: 9to5mac