- Apple announced its new iOS update after researchers discovered vulnerabilities.
- Experts say iPhone and iPad owners should update their devices to iOS 16.6.1 as soon as possible.
- Researchers said the vulnerability had been “actively exploited” to deliver NSO Group’s spyware, Pegasus.
Apple released a significant security update for iPhones and iPads Thursday to patch newly discovered security vulnerabilities in the devices’ system software.
The issue was discovered by researchers at the University of Toronto’s Citizen Lab, who said the software flaw was being “actively exploited” to deliver commercial spyware called Pegasus developed and sold by the Israeli company NSO Group.
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