Facebook is suing NSO Group, an Israeli spyware company, alleging it developed a potent zero-day exploit to spy on WhatsApp messages from diplomats, journalists, human rights activists and political dissidents. Facebook alleges the company violated the law by reverse-engineering its WhatsApp messaging app to develop an exploit that could deliver malware called Pegasus to targeted devices merely by an attacker initiating a video call to a device. In a lawsuit, Facebook alleges an NSO employee – who isn’t identified by name – complained after the vulnerability had been patched.”]
Source: https://www.cuinfosecurity.com/facebook-sues-spyware-maker-over-whatsapp-exploit-a-13307