A report reveals a second Israeli company that developed a spy program to penetrate iPhone phones

Informed sources said that a second Israeli company took advantage of a gap in Apple's software at the same time that the Israeli NSO Electronic Intelligence Group was able to penetrate iPhone in 2021, according to a Reuters report.

The sources said that the "Qua Dream" company - a smaller and less famous company than "NSO" - works in the field of developing smartphone penetration tools for government agents.

Last year, the two companies gained their fame by their ability to penetrate iPhone from a distance, according to the sources, which means that the two companies can endanger Apple phones without opening their owners with malicious links.

An expert said that the use of the two companies is one sophisticated style known as "Zero-Click"..

"People want to believe that they are safe, and phone companies want you to believe that they are safe, and what we realized is that it is not so," said Dave Aitel, a partner at CordsPaces Systems, which specializes in cybersecurity..

Experts who are analyzing the "NSO" group and "Kwa Dream" have believed since last year that the two companies have used very similar software styles known as "Forced Entry" to penetrate iPhone phones.

The report stated that the analysts expressed their belief that the two companies' methods of penetration were similar because they took advantage of one gaps on the Apple's instant messaging platform, and they used a similar method in planting malicious software in the targeted devices.

According to the report, repeated access to "Kwa Dream" did not succeed to comment on the information, and Reuters sent messages to her executives and to her partners in her work.

Last week, a Reuters correspondent visited the company's office in the suburb of Ramat Jean in Tel Aviv and no one responded to the door bell, and the company's lawyer did not respond to messages addressed to him, and a spokesman for Apple refrained from commenting on "Kwa Dream" or saying whether the company wasYou intend to take any steps regarding this company.

Two informed sources said that the similarity between the two methods of the two companies in the penetration was so severe that their spyware had become useless when Apple fixed the gaps in September 2021.

A spokeswoman for the "NSO" said that the company "did not cooperate" with "Kwa Dream", but "the cyber intelligence industry continues its rapid growth globally".

Apple filed a lawsuit against the "NSO" group last November, and accused it of violating the conditions of use and the service agreement regarding its phones, and the issue is still in its early stages.

Spy software companies say they sell high potential technology to help governments thwart the dangers of national security.

However, human rights organizations and journalists have repeatedly demonstrated that these software is used to attack civil society, undermine the political opposition, and interfere in the elections..