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Undisclosed HomeKit flaw used by Cellebrite to attack Serbian journalists

Apple’s HomeKit is under scrutiny, as Serbian authorities are suspected of exploiting it to install Pegasus spyware without any user interaction at all.

Malware

Reported by Amnesty International, at the center of the spyware campaign are two tools — the infamous Pegasus spyware and a locally developed system called NoviSpy. Pegasus, created by Israel’s NSO Group, is powerful.

While Serbia’s use of spyware tools has gained recent attention, Pegasus has been deployed globally. Governments and organizations worldwide have used it to target journalists, human rights defenders, and opposition leaders.

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