Security issues seem to be Facebook's daily bread and nothing seems to stop them. Recently, the Mark Zuckerberg company has once again been the subject of controversy over its alleged attempts buy iPhone testing tool
In this case the allegations were made by the Israeli NSO, with the publication of official documents indicating that Facebook had attempted to purchase a powerful experimental tool known as Pegasus to track user activity on iOS.
Facebook tried to buy an Israeli tool to steal iCloud data
According to a 9to5mac post, NSO only sells its products to "an independent government or a government organization". However, according to a statement from NSO CEO Shalev Hulio, two Facebook representatives approached the NSO in October 2017 and asked him to buy the right to use Pegasus' specific capabilities, as they were concerned that their data collection system, Onavo Protect, seems less effective on Apple devices
The Facebook application had explicitly stated that there might be software that would send messages to users with a link to upload. it can download malware to monitor and steal sensitive data such as messages and photos, login details, and other details related to the phone's complete history.
At the time, Onavo was primarily used to collect information about what other Facebook users used their mobile apps. However, he was finally forced to leave the app store in 2019 when Apple discovered that _ violates the most recent privacy policies.
The publication of anti-Facebook documents was disclosed by the NSO through a legal process initiated by Facebook, in which it sued exploit VoIP-related vulnerabilities on ShareApp allowing Pegasus to install spyware on iOS and Android devices remotely.
