Leading Egyptian opposition politician targeted with spyware, researchers find

A leading Egyptian opposition politician was targeted with spyware multiple times after announcing a presidential bid - including with malware that automatically infects smartphones, security researchers have found. — AP

BOSTON: A leading Egyptian opposition politician was targeted with spyware multiple times after announcing a presidential bid - including with malware that automatically infects smartphones, security researchers have found. They say Egyptian authorities were likely behind the attempted hacks.

Discovery of the malware last week by researchers at Citizen Lab and Google’s Threat Analysis Group prompted Apple to rush out operating system updates for iPhones, iPads, Mac computers and Apple Watches to patch the associated vulnerabilities.