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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…
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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…
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The 2022 Olympics App All Attendees Must Download Is a Security Nightmare, Researchers Find
An app that visitors to the 2022 Olympics Games in Beijing are obligated to download is also a cybersecurity nightmare that threatens to expose much of the data that it collects, according to a new report.
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NSO Spyware Was Used to Target Jamal Khashoggi’s Wife, Digital Forensics Confirm
The phone of Hanan Elatr, the wife of slain dissident and journalist Jamal Khashoggi, was infected with sophisticated commercial malware in the months before he was murdered, according to a new report by the Washington Post.