The company purchases so-called zero-day vulnerabilities (ones that are unknown to Apple) from hackers, and its software is said to be capable of mounting zero-click exploits – where no user interaction is required by the target. NSO Group makes spyware called Pegasus, which is sold to government and law enforcement agencies.
We previously outlined the background to this: The Israeli company was reported to have previously blocked five governments from using the malware after conducting a “human rights audit,” and has now suspended access to others …
NSO has blocked more clients from using its Pegasus spyware, according to a source within the company, while it investigates reports of misuse.
