The malware was found on the phone of a Saudi activist. It is not clear how many other users may have been infected, but experts say the device was able to spy on its user, without them knowingUrgent warning for Apple users over 'zero-click' malware which can infect devicesApple has issued an urgent software update following the discovery of a malware that can infect devices without users clicking on anything. The malware was found on the phone of a Saudi activist and discovered on September 7 by researchers who immediately alerted Apple. It also released WatchOS 7.6.2, MacOS Big Sur 11.6 as well as a security update for MacOS Catalina to address the vulnerability, the Irish Mirror reports. Ivan Krstić, head of Apple Security Engineering and Architecture, said in a statement: "After identifying the vulnerability used by this exploit for iMessage, Apple rapidly developed and deployed a fix in iOS 14.8 to protect our users.

Source: Daily Mirror September 14, 2021 16:30 UTC