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NSO Group iMessage Zero-Click Exploit Captured in the Wild
While analyzing the phone of a Saudi activist infected with NSO Group’s Pegasus spyware, we discovered a zero-day zero-click exploit against iMessage. The exploit, which we call FORCEDENTRY, targets Apple’s image rendering library, and was effective against Apple iOS, MacOS and WatchOS devices.
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- 940
- HN comments
- 326
- Submissions
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- 7 commenters
Security & PrivacySociety, Policy & Culture2021
On Hacker News
| Submitted | Title on HN | Points | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 13, 2021 | NSO Group iMessage Zero-Click Exploit Captured in the Wild by jbegley | 940 | 326 |
Cited in comments
Linked from 7 Hacker News comments by 7 different people, from Sep 2021 to Aug 2025.
Most recent:
- Hilift · Aug 27, 2025
- __jonas · Feb 4, 2024
- ohgodplsno · May 21, 2023
- layer8 · Apr 17, 2023
- doikor · Jan 31, 2022
