Hacking Tools from Israeli Vendor QuaDream Cited in Spying on Journalists

Hacking tools sold by a little-known Israeli vendor have been used to break into the iPhones of journalists and political opposition figures by silently exploiting Apple Inc.’s iPhone software, cybersecurity researchers said. The intrusions are linked to QuaDream Ltd., which markets spyware under the name “Reign,” according to new research published Tuesday by Citizen Lab, a research group at the University of Toronto, and Microsoft Corp.