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Tag: NSO Group

Apple seeks to drop its lawsuit against Israeli spyware-maker NSO Group

Tuesday, September 17, 2024 10:16 amMonday, September 16, 2024No Comments

Apple has requested that a court dismiss its three-year-old lawsuit against NSO Group, a spyware company. The tech giant argues that it…

Apple drops term ‘state-sponsored’ attacks from its threat notification policy

Thursday, April 11, 2024 8:48 am3 Comments

Apple has warned its users in India and 91 other countries that they were possible victims of a “mercenary spyware attack,” ditching the…

With Lockdown Mode, Apple deals devastating blow to mercenary spyware

Thursday, July 7, 2022 8:48 am6 Comments

Apple’s Lockdown Mode offers specialized additional protection to users who may be at risk of cyberattacks from mercenary spyware …

Lockdown Mode: Apple expands industry-leading commitment to protect users from highly targeted mercenary spyware

Wednesday, July 6, 2022 1:50 pm7 Comments

Apple on Wednesday detailed two initiatives – Lockdown Mode and a $10 million grant – to help protect users who may be personally targeted…

NSO Group hacked new Pegasus victims weeks after Apple sought injunction

Tuesday, April 5, 2022 4:23 pmNo Comments

Security researchers say they have found evidence that a journalist and human rights defender’s iPhone was hacked with the Pegasus spyware…

Republican lawmakers press Apple and FBI over spyware from Israeli NSO Group

Thursday, March 3, 2022 5:35 pmThursday, March 3, 20223 Comments

Two Republican lawmakers are pressing Apple and the Federal Bureau of Investigation about Pegasus spyware made by the NSO Group …

Saudi woman’s single iPhone revealed hacking around the world

Thursday, February 17, 2022 11:55 amThursday, February 17, 20224 Comments

A single iPhone, Saudi women’s rights activist Loujain al-Hathlou’s, helped turn the tide against NSO Group, one of the world’s most…

Second Israeli spy firm used now-fixed ForcedEntry exploit to break into iPhones

Thursday, February 3, 2022 10:09 amNo Comments

A now-fixed flaw in Apple’s software exploited by Israeli surveillance firm NSO Group to break into iPhones in 2021 was also abused…

Can Apple beat NSO Group, the world’s most notorious spyware company?

Friday, December 3, 2021 5:38 pmFriday, December 3, 20219 Comments

Numerous reporters, human rights defenders, and high-ranking officials across the world are increasingly becoming the NGO Group’s …

U.S. State Department iPhones hacked with Israeli NSO Group spyware

Friday, December 3, 2021 1:02 pmFriday, December 3, 20217 Comments

Apple iPhones of at least nine U.S. State Department employees were hacked by an unknown assailant using sophisticated spyware developed…

Apple begins alerting customers who may have been targeted by NSO Group

Wednesday, November 24, 2021 8:58 amThursday, February 3, 2022No Comments

After Apple filed a lawsuit against NSO Group and its parent company to hold it accountable for the surveillance and targeting of Apple…

Apple sues NSO Group over state-sponsored surveillance and targeting of Apple users

Tuesday, November 23, 2021 1:14 pmTuesday, November 23, 20216 Comments

Apple today filed a lawsuit against NSO Group and its parent company to hold it accountable for the surveillance and targeting of Apple…

Dubai’s Sheikh Mohammed ordered Apple iPhones of ex-wife and lawyers to be hacked, UK court says

Wednesday, October 6, 2021 3:41 pm2 Comments

Dubai’s ruler Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum ordered his ex-wife’s and her lawyers’ Apple iPhones to be hacked as part of a “sustained…

Cyber surveillance firm has been able to break into Apple iPhones for at least six months

Monday, September 13, 2021 3:37 pm12 Comments

NSO Group, a cyber surveillance company based in Israel, has developed a tool than can break into Apple iPhones with a never-before-seen…

New Pegasus zero-click iPhone attack defeats Apple’s Blastdoor protections

Tuesday, August 24, 2021 11:14 amTuesday, August 24, 20215 Comments

An activist’s iPhone was silently hacked earlier this year by a powerful spyware sold to nation-states, defeating new “Blastdoor” security…

iMazing app updated to easily detect ‘Pegasus’ spyware on iPhone

Thursday, August 5, 2021 6:00 pmWednesday, October 6, 20212 Comments

Now the iMazing app has been updated to include a new tool that can easily detect Pegasus spyware on iPhone…

Apple says NSO’s ‘Pegasus’ zero-click iMessage exploit not a threat to the overwhelming majority of users

Monday, July 19, 2021 2:27 pmMonday, July 19, 202112 Comments

Amnesty International detailed highly-targeted attacks towards specific human rights lawyers, journalists, and/or activists using iMessage …

NSO Group says it can scrape data from Apple, Google, Facebook, Amazon, and Microsoft cloud services

Friday, July 19, 2019 10:26 amFriday, July 19, 20197 Comments

The Israeli company whose spyware hacked WhatsApp has told buyers its technology can surreptitiously scrape all of an individual’s data…

It’s almost impossible to tell if your iPhone has been hacked

Tuesday, May 14, 2019 4:34 pm6 Comments

Hackers have been breaking into iPhones allegedly using a powerful spy tool sold to governments…

NSO Group employee allegedly stole company’s powerful iPhone spyware for personal profit

Friday, July 6, 2018 4:29 pmFriday, July 6, 20187 Comments

NSO Group sells some of the most potent, off-the-shelf malware for remotely breaking into smartphones…

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