Apple alerted Iranians to iPhone spyware attacks, say researchers

Apple has notified more than a dozen Iranians in recent months that their iPhones have been targeted Public spywareAccording to security researchers.

Hamid Kashfi, a Digital Rights Organization Mian Group and Sweden, focusing on Iran, said Hamid Kashfi, a researcher who lives in Sweden that they spoke to several Iranians who received the notifications last year.

Blomberg First wrote This is about spyware notifications.

Maine Reveal a report On Tuesday, Iran’s civil society in the state of Cybercuity, mentioned that researchers from this organization were warned against the Iran and one in Europe in April this year, identified three cases of official spyware attack against the Iranians.

“Two people from Iran have come from a family with a long history of political activism against the Islamic Republic. Many members of their family have been executed, and they have no history of travel abroad,” Amir Rashidi, director of the Mian Group, told Techchen, director of the Mian Group. “I believe that three waves have been attacked here, and we just saw the tip of the iceberg.”

Rashidi said that Iran is probably the government behind the attacks, though further investigations need to be investigated to reach the determination of more final scenes. “I am not seeing any reason to target the members of civil society by anyone other than Iran,” he said.

Kashfi, who founded the security agency Darksel, said in an email that he helped the two victims go through the primary forensic action, but he was not able to confirm what was behind the Spyware maker attack. And, he added that he did some work with the victims he worked with not to continue the investigation.

Kashfi said, “As we explained the seriousness of the case to them, all the victims had spread us and put us ghostly.

It is unclear what spyware manufacturers are behind these attacks.

Apple has sent over the past few years Several Round Of Notification The official spyware has been targeted to those who believe in agencies NSO Group’s pegasusOr ParagonThe This type of malware is also known as “tenant” or “commercial” spyware.

Notifications assisted researchers who focus on abuse in several countries that focus on spyware India, El Salvador, and ThailandThe

Opened Apple’s support page The latest updated agency in April called the “threat notification”, the Tech Giant said that it has notified users of “more than 5 countries” since 2021, which shows how wides the use of government spyware. The name of the Apple countries or the total number of people that inform it is not revealed.

To help the victims, Apple since last year Those who received these threat notifications recommended to reach the Digital Rights Group AccessnoThe spyware operates about an hour’s helpline working with researchers who can investigate the attack. Accessno has enrolled cases of spyware abuse around the world.

Apple did not respond to any request to comment on the notifications sent to the Iranians.