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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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Technology News and Hot Topics

CTOvision

Here is the latest technology news from across the tech community: What’s the right relationship between technology companies and journalism? We like to self-flagellate in journalism, and here is another birch twig to … Read more on The Guardian (blog). Regin, new computer spyware, discovered by Symantec.

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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

It would also be interesting to observe that a recent Wall Street Journal article states that there are 85 million SharePoint users out there, across over 17,000 organizations. Licensing challenges make this more difficult than it ought to be for SharePoint/Groove. Are they all using SharePoint out of inertia and fear?

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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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