Microsoft, Google join WhatsApp suit against Israeli spyware vendor
The filing follows reports that the Israel-based NSO Group's Pegasus software was used to hack the phones of dozens of Al Jazeera journalists.
![596871436 An Israeli woman uses her iPhone in front of the building housing the Israeli NSO group, on August 28, 2016, in Herzliya, near Tel Aviv.
Apple iPhone owners, earlier in the week, were urged to install a quickly released security update after a sophisticated attack on an Emirati dissident exposed vulnerabilities targeted by cyber arms dealers.
Lookout and Citizen Lab worked with Apple on an iOS patch to defend against what was called "Trident" because of its triad of attack methods, the researchers said in a](/sites/default/files/styles/article_hero_medium/public/almpics/2020/12/GettyImages-596871436.jpg/GettyImages-596871436.jpg?h=a5ae579a&itok=Sgx6QFW1)
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