Apple has patched the Pegasus malware, but here's what you need to knowEverything you need to know about the Pegasus malware and how Apple responded.
Rene Ritchie has been covering Apple and the personal technology industry for almost a decade. Editor-in-chief of iMore, executive editor for Mobile Nations, video and podcast host, you can follow him on Snapchat or Twitter @reneritchie.
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Over the last few days Apple has pushed out updates to the release, developer preview, and public beta versions of iOS — that's iOS 9.3.5, iOS 10 developer preview 7, and iOS 10 public beta 6. All of them, on every carrier, for every region, at the same time. It was to patch a just-discovered set of malware and spyware called Pegasus, made and sold for upwards of a million dollars by a company called the NSO Group to nation-states that wanted to surveil dissidents and journalists.
It's not something most of us, our family, friends, and colleagues, ever need to worry about. But it's something we should all stay informed about.
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Apple has patched the Pegasus malware, but here's what you need to know