Apple on Thursday sent threat notifications to select users in 92 countries who may have been targeted using ‘mercenary spyware’ like Pegasus from the NSO Group.
Mercenary spyware attacks are exceptionally well-funded and they evolve.
According to an Apple support document, it relies solely on internal threat-intelligence information and investigations to detect such attacks.
The company, however, did not officially comment on threat notifications being sent to targeted users.
Since 2021, the company has sent threat notifications multiple times a year as it detected these attacks, and to date, “we have notified users in over 150 countries in total,” according to the company’s support document.
The extreme cost, sophistication, and worldwide nature of mercenary spyware attacks make them some of the most advanced digital threats in existence today.
