SAN FRANCISCO — Apple issued a patch on Thursday to fix a dangerous security flaw in iPhones and iPads, after researchers discovered that a prominent United Arab Emirates (UAE) dissident’s phone had been targeted with a previously unknown method of hacking.The thwarted attack on human rights activist Ahmed Mansoor used a text message that invited him to click on a web link. Instead of clicking, he forwarded the message to researchers at the University of Toronto’s Citizen Lab.The hack is the first known case of software that can remotely take over a fully up-to-date iPhone 6.Experts at Citizen Lab worked with security company Lookout and determined that the link would have installed a program taking advantage of a three flaws that Apple and others were not aware of. The researchers disclosed their findings on Thursday."Once infected, Mansoor’s phone would have become a digital spy in his pocket, capable of employing his iPhone’s camera and microphone to snoop on activity in the vici...
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