Do Son Pegasus spyware infected a Serbian activist through a zero-click iMessage exploit, part of Serbia's largest spyware wave. Update iOS now.
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Apple has issued mercenary spyware attack warnings to users across 110+ countries, urging immediate security action and device hardening.
CISA issued an urgent alert: Commercial spyware is actively exploiting zero-click flaws and malicious QR codes to hijack messaging apps (Signal, WhatsApp) for espionage against government and civil society targets.
An iOS exploit developer was shocked to receive an Apple warning after being targeted by the same kind of state-sponsored mercenary spyware he researches.
Apple introduced native threat notifications in iOS 26.1 Beta 3, allowing immediate Lockdown Mode alerts to appear directly in the Notification Center when mercenary spyware attacks are detected.
The US-sanctioned NSO Group, maker of Pegasus spyware, was acquired by an American investment firm for "tens of millions." The deal will keep operations in Israel but may lift sanctions.
A new report from Sekoia.io reveals how the global commercial spyware industry is thriving despite sanctions, selling sophisticated zero-click surveillance tools to governments.
Kaspersky has released an open-source script, iShutdown, designed for rapid detection of spyware infections in iOS devices.
Two Serbian civil society members were targeted by spyware, highlighting a worrying trend in the misuse of surveillance technology
In the past, Pegasus spyware has been leveraged to compromise the mobile devices of journalists, human rights defenders, and diplomats