NSO Group spyware used in hacks targeting U.S. State Department officials
The iPhones of at least nine employees of the U.S. Department of State were hacked using the spyware developed by Israeli-based surveillance technology company NSO Group.
The iPhones of at least nine employees of the U.S. Department of State were hacked using the spyware developed by Israeli-based surveillance technology company NSO Group.
Your Mac is already pretty secure with baked-in protections, but there are a handful of privacy and security apps that you should consider adding to your digital defense toolbox.
As part of Apple's initiative to battle state-sponsored spyware, or more specifically the surveillance and monitoring of Apple device owners, the company is introducing a system that will alert users when they are believed to be targets of such attacks.
Apple has filed a lawsuit against NSO Group, a firm known for selling the Pegasus spyware tool used by governments to hack iPhones used by criminals, journalists, and activists.
The U.S. Department of Justice on Monday unsealed charges against two foreign nationals alleged to be part of the notorious REvil ransomware group that targeted Apple supplier Quanta earlier this year.
Online stock trading platform Robinhood on Monday said a third party gained unauthorized access to its systems and made away with sensitive user data including the email addresses of five million users.
Craig Federighi, Apple's Software Engineering chief, gave a keynote focused on the dangers of forcing Apple to allow side-loading on iPhone at the Web Summit 2021 conference.
Security researchers at Microsoft have disclosed a now-patched macOS vulnerability that allowed attackers to bypass a Mac's System Integrity Protection.
Apple has released an update for iOS 14.8.1 and iPadOS 14.8.1, adding a number of bug fixes and performance improvements along with security-related changes to devices that haven't upgraded to iOS 15.
A journalist who was a victim of hacking by Pegasus spyware has revealed their experience in being a target for hacking, including how suspicious messages and "zero-click" exploits led to access to the journalist's smartphone.
REvil, the ransomware group responsible for a string of high-profile hacks including that of Apple supplier Quanta, was this week hacked by a cohort of government actors in an operation that hobbled the entity's online presence.
New Chinese regulations that would require Apple to store more user data locally in the country will soon put the company in a tough spot as it navigates competing interests.
Apple will not be offering free Bitcoin to anyone watching the "Unleashed" event — but scammers are trying to make people believe they are.
A jailbreaking group has reportedly earned a $300,000 cash prize from the annual Tianfu Cup hacking contest in China, by performing a remote jailbreak on an iPhone 13 Pro running iOS 15.
Security researchers say that Apple's CSAM prevention plans, and the EU's similar proposals, represent "dangerous technology," that expands the "surveillance powers of the state."
Messaging service WhatsApp is adding end-to-end encryption to users' backups of their data stored on iCloud, or Google Drive.
A researcher claimed to find a remote code execution exploit that could allow an attacker to wipe an iPhone or iPad running all iOS versions up to iOS 15 — but Apple says the claim is bogus.
Apple has quietly patched a zero-day vulnerability that could have given apps access to sensitive information in iOS 15.0.2, but reportedly did not credit the discoverer of the flaw.
Multiple Verizon Visible users are reporting that their accounts have been hijacked, and used to fraudulently order phones — but the company disagrees with how the accounts were compromised.
Although Apple has taken steps to shore up the security of its macOS platform, vulnerabilities are still surfacing that could bypass some of its most important protections..
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