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Whilst some details of the attack are still under wraps as Apple is still working on a fix, there is a considerable amount of detail under "The Attacks" [0]. T
by shakna 6y ago
Whilst some details of the attack are still under wraps as Apple is still working on a fix, there is a considerable amount of detail under "The Attacks" [0].
The initial vector appears to exploit imagent, to cause the download and install Pegasus, in most cases. This is likely because imagent runs under the root user.
[0] https://citizenlab.ca/2020/12/the-great-ipwn-journalists-hacked-with-suspected-nso-group-imessage-zero-click-exploit/#the-attacks https://citizenlab.ca/2020/12/the-great-ipwn-journalists-hac...