Pegasus Spyware Targeted iPhones of Journalists and Activists in Jordan

By: Newsroom — February 5^th 2024 at 07:37

The iPhones belonging to nearly three dozen journalists, activists, human rights lawyers, and civil society members in Jordan have been targeted with NSO Group's Pegasus spyware, according to joint findings from Access Now and the Citizen Lab. Nine of the 35 individuals have been publicly confirmed as targeted, out of whom six had their devices compromised with the mercenary

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New iShutdown Method Exposes Hidden Spyware Like Pegasus on Your iPhone

By: Newsroom — January 17^th 2024 at 10:22

Cybersecurity researchers have identified a "lightweight method" called iShutdown for reliably identifying signs of spyware on Apple iOS devices, including notorious threats like NSO Group's Pegasus, QuaDream's Reign, and Intellexa's Predator.  Kaspersky, which analyzed a set of iPhones that were compromised with Pegasus, said the infections left traces in a file

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Apple Rolls Out Security Patches for Actively Exploited iOS Zero-Day Flaw

By: Newsroom — October 5^th 2023 at 03:42

Apple on Wednesday rolled out security patches to address a new zero-day flaw in iOS and iPadOS that it said has come under active exploitation in the wild. Tracked as CVE-2023-42824, the kernel vulnerability could be abused by a local attacker to elevate their privileges. The iPhone maker said it addressed the problem with improved checks. "Apple is aware of a report that this issue may have

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New Apple Zero-Days Exploited to Target Egyptian ex-MP with Predator Spyware

By: THN — September 23^rd 2023 at 06:12

The three zero-day flaws addressed by Apple on September 21, 2023, were leveraged as part of an iPhone exploit chain in an attempt to deliver a spyware strain called Predator targeting former Egyptian member of parliament Ahmed Eltantawy between May and September 2023. "The targeting took place after Eltantawy publicly stated his plans to run for President in the 2024 Egyptian elections," the

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Russian Journalist's iPhone Compromised by NSO Group's Zero-Click Spyware

By: THN — September 14^th 2023 at 08:51

The iPhone belonging to Galina Timchenko, a prominent Russian journalist and critic of the government, was compromised with NSO Group's Pegasus spyware, a new collaborative investigation from Access Now and the Citizen Lab has revealed. The infiltration is said to have happened on or around February 10, 2023. Timchenko is the executive editor and owner of Meduza, an independent news publication

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Apple Rushes to Patch Zero-Day Flaws Exploited for Pegasus Spyware on iPhones

By: THN — September 8^th 2023 at 03:11

Apple on Thursday released emergency security updates for iOS, iPadOS, macOS, and watchOS to address two zero-day flaws that have been exploited in the wild to deliver NSO Group's Pegasus mercenary spyware. The issues are described as below - CVE-2023-41061 - A validation issue in Wallet that could result in arbitrary code execution when handling a maliciously crafted attachment. CVE-2023-41064