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  • You Need to Update Your iPhone, Right Now

    You Need to Update Your iPhone, Right Now

    Apple has just released a security update warning iPhone users to update their phones to iOS 16.6.1 to avoid becoming the target of a vicious malware attack. The exploit is called Blastpass and uses Pegasus spyware from NSO Group to read a target’s text messages, view their photos, and listen to calls. The malware was…


  • NSO Group’s Spyware Breached a Journalist’s iPhone After Apple Sued

    NSO Group’s Spyware Breached a Journalist’s iPhone After Apple Sued

    NSO Group, the creepy spyware firm known for selling its services to authoritarian governments throughout the world, is in trouble again. A new report shows that the company’s most notorious malware, Pegasus, was used to hack the iPhone of a Jordanian journalist in December. The hack occurred several weeks after Apple filed a high-profile suit…