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Apple Alerts iPhone Users in 92 Countries to Mercenary Spyware Attacks

Tech Republic Security

Apple recommends that iPhone users install software updates, use strong passwords and 2FA, and don’t open links or attachments from suspicious emails to keep their device safe from spyware.

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US Sanctions Greek Spyware Company, Executives

Information Week

Calling the action the “first of its kind,” the US said the spyware company’s software was used against government officials and other US interests.

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Apple Calls Out 'Mercenary Spyware' Vendors Enabling State Surveillance

SecureWorld News

Apple has escalated its fight against the commercial spyware industry enabling state actors to conduct highly-targeted cyberattacks against journalists, activists, politicians, and other high-risk individuals around the world. The developers go to great lengths to remove any clues that might link the software back to them or their clients."

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Spyware scandal rocks Polish government

The Verge

Several members of political opposition groups in Poland have produced evidence that they were hacked by Pegasus spyware, raising alarming questions about the Polish government’s use of the software. In both cases, traces of Pegasus spyware were found on the targets’ devices. a threat to “the rules-based international order”.

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Tech CEO Fined $410K for Selling Illegal Spyware

SecureWorld News

The unsuspecting victims of the illegal spyware sold by tech CEO Patrick Hinchy felt the painful sting of this violation of privacy firsthand, as their every call, text, location, and online activity was being monitored without their knowledge or consent.

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Microsoft and Google join Facebook’s legal fight against infamous spyware vendor

The Verge

Facebook-owned WhatsApp sued the spyware vendor last year, alleging that its software was used to hack 1,400 devices via a vulnerability in the messaging service. In the past, the company has argued that its software is used by governmental law enforcement agencies to tackle organized crime and terrorism.

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Dozens of Al Jazeera journalists targeted in apparent iOS spyware attack

The Verge

36 personal phones belonging to Al Jazeera journalists, producers, anchors, and executives were hacked in a spyware campaign between July and August 2020, a new report from Citizen Lab alleges. Using this software, Citizen Lab, noticed that his phone visited a suspected installation server for NSO Group’s spyware.

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