How a Saudi woman’s iPhone revealed hacking around the world

February 18th, 20220 A single activist helped turn the tide against NSO Group, one of the world’s most sophisticated spyware companies now facing a cascade of legal action and scrutiny in Washington over damaging new allegations that its software was used to hack government officials and dissidents around the world. It all started with a software glitch...

U.S. State Department phones hacked with Israeli company spyware

December 4th, 20210 WASHINGTON, D.C. — Apple iPhones of at least nine U.S. State Department employees were hacked by an unknown assailant using sophisticated spyware developed by the Israel-based NSO Group, according to four people familiar with the matter. The hacks, which took place in the last several months, hit U.S. officials either based in Uganda...

How to update Apple devices to correct flaw targeted by Israeli spyware company

September 16th, 20210 Apple users were alerted this week of a serious security flaw that was being exploited by an Israeli spyware company. The flaw allowed Apple devices to be hacked using technology developed by the Israeli spyware company, which infect phones by sending an image without needing the user to actually click on anything, making it particularly...

Henry Ford doctors say iPhone 12 can disrupt pacemakers and defibrillators

February 4th, 20210 DETROIT — Cardiologists at the Henry Ford Heart and Vascular Institute have said that iPhone 12 devices could disable pacemakers. Apple warned that magnets and other components inside the iPhone 12 devices could disable pacemakers or implanted cardiac defibrillators that could potentially put millions of people at risk for...

UAE uses cyber-weapon “Karma” to spy on adversaries

January 30th, 20190 UAE - The United Arab Emirates employed a team of former U.S. government intelligence operatives to hack into the iPhones of activists, diplomats and rival foreign leaders with the help of a spying tool called Karma. This campaign shows the potential of dangerous cyber-weapons that are passing through the hands of world’s superpowers...

Apple apologizes after outcry over slowed iPhones, promises to fix battery issues

December 28th, 20170 NEW YORK - Facing lawsuits and consumer outrage after it said it slowed older iPhones with flagging batteries, Apple Inc is slashing prices for battery replacements and will change its software to show users whether their phone battery is good. In a posting on its website Thursday, Apple apologized over its handling of the battery...