NSO Group may have eventually devised a workaround against the alert system, but in general, there is no evidence that the aforementioned security flaw was abused on any device with Lockdown mode enabled. The security lab notes that on iPhones with Lockdown Mode enabled, the target got real-time notifications if the Pegasus spyware tried to exploit the PWNYOURHOME vulnerability. Labeled PWNYOURHOME and FINDMYPWN, these exploits were widely used by Pegasus-maker NSO Group against targets in Mexico and elsewhere. It appears that Apple’s safety tool is effective, to a certain extent, against Pegasus - one of the most devastating surveillance attacks ever documented.Ĭitizen Lab, the security group based at the University of Toronto’s Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy, has detailed a pair of zero-click exploits that targeted iOS 15 and iOS 16 devices last year. Apple released an “extreme safety” measure bundled with iOS 16 last summer, and it's targeted at sophisticated spyware that is usually deployed covertly against government agencies.
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