Egyptian presidential hopeful targeted by Predator spyware

A prominent Egyptian opposition politician who plans to challenge President
Abdel Fatah El-Sisi in elections expected early next year was targeted with
a previously unknown zero-day attack in an effort to infect his phone with
Predator spyware, according to new research by Google and the University of
Toronto's Citizen Lab.

The discovery of the valuable zero-day exploit, designed to install
Predator on iPhones running even the most up-to-date operating system,
prompted Apple to push a security update to users on …

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