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US State Department phones were reportedly hacked by NSO spyware

The Verge

At least nine employees of the US State Department working in or with Uganda had their iPhones hacked with spyware made by NSO Group, according to a report from Reuters. NSO has claimed that its spyware isn’t able to target US phone numbers (that is, numbers with a country code of +1).

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New zero-click iMessage Pegasus attack can blast right through iOS 14's security protections

TechSpot

Last year, it emerged that Facebook wanted to buy the infamous Pegasus spyware tool in 2017 with the explicit purpose to monitor iPhone and iPad users. Pegasus developer NSO Group refused to sell it for that purpose, as the firm is known for its strict policy of only licensing its.

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Technology News and Hot Topics

CTOvision

Facial recognition software that can identify suspects, databases that can be tapped to track suspects’ movements and locations, automatic license plate … Read more on Los Angeles Times. Researchers develop new imaging technology for cancer detection. Apple rounds up top iOS app developers for Aids charity campaign.

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Victus pro Scientia Opus -- Food for the Knowledge Worker: Google Apps Replacing SharePoint? Ummmm, no.

Victus pro Scientia Opus -- Food for the Knowledge

Licensing challenges make this more difficult than it ought to be for SharePoint/Groove. I run a feet-on-the-street IT MSP which serves this market so I'm closely familiar with how many valuable documents of financial data are just left lying in inboxes and temp folders on someone's Spyware infested home computer.

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Israeli spyware was used against US diplomats in Uganda

Vox

A hack targeting US officials is just the latest problem for NSO Group, the Israeli company behind Pegasus spyware. The aim, according to the Wall Street Journal , is to create a framework around the export and licensing controls of such technology, as well as create an information-sharing network to detect and report on its misuse.

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The massive Twitter hack could be a global security crisis

The Verge

Trending down : Hong Kong activists worry Apple may be censoring the voting platform PopVote, which was developed for the opposition’s primaries — an unofficial election that also served as a protest against the city’s national security law imposed last month by Beijing. The spyware was made by Israel’s NSO Group. Sensor Tower).

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