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Smashed Iphones are seen during COP28 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates on November 30, 2023.
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Someone has publicly leaked an exploit kit that can hack millions of iPhones | TechCrunch

Last week, cybersecurity researchers uncovered a hacking campaign targeting iPhone users that used an advanced hacking tool called...

71st Anniversary Foundation Italian Republic in Naples, Italian, on June 2,2017, Flag-hoisting ceremony whit inter force department in Square the Plebiscito.
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Paragon is not collaborating with Italian authorities probing spyware attacks, report says | TechCrunch

Last year, WhatsApp and Apple notified several people in Italy, including journalists and activists, that they had been...

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Apple fixes bug that cops used to extract deleted chat messages from iPhones | TechCrunch

Apple released a software update on Wednesday for iPhones and iPads fixing a bug that allowed law enforcement...

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Apple releases security fix for older iPhones and iPads to protect against DarkSword attacks | TechCrunch

Apple has pushed a security update to older iPhones and iPads that protects against a leaked set of...

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Meet the team that investigates when journalists and activists get hacked with government spyware | TechCrunch

For more than a decade, dozens of journalists and human rights activists have been targeted and hacked by...

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Russians caught stealing personal data from Ukrainians with new advanced iPhone hacking tools | TechCrunch

A group of hackers suspected of working at least in part for the Russian government targeted iPhone users...

L3Harris Technologies on display during the Seoul International Aerospace & Defense Exhibition (ADEX) at Seoul Air Base on October 17, 2023 in Seongnam, South Korea.
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US military contractor likely built iPhone hacking tools used by Russian spies in Ukraine | TechCrunch

A mass hacking campaign targeting iPhone users in Ukraine and China used tools that were likely designed by...

During a press conference organized by the National Council of the Order of Journalists at the Chamber of Deputies, Fanpage director Francesco Cancellato asks the Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni about the wiretapping case involving himself, other journalists and activists.
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Italian prosecutors confirm journalist was hacked with Paragon spyware | TechCrunch

Italian authorities confirmed that a journalist who was alerted by WhatsApp last year of a suspected spyware attack...

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These special phone and app features can help protect you from spyware | TechCrunch

Spyware attacks on journalists, human rights defenders, and political dissidents are no longer rare or exotic. In early...

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Apple says former employee exploited ‘rare’ bug to download confidential files after leaving for OpenAI | TechCrunch

On Friday, Apple dropped the bombshell news it was suing OpenAI over the alleged theft of trade secrets,...