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Apple says it patched flaw that allows Paragon spyware to hack phones – but are you really safe?
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Apple says it patched flaw that allows Paragon spyware to hack phones – but are you really safe?

Apple has patched a worrying security flaw exploited by threat actors The flaw was exploited in the notorious Paragon spyware campaign The campaign...

Italy cuts ties with Israeli spyware firm Paragon amid surveillance scandal | Cybersecurity News
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Italy cuts ties with Israeli spyware firm Paragon amid surveillance scandal | Cybersecurity News

Italy severs links with Paragon spyware after allegations of targeting critics and migrant rescuers spark outrage. Italy has terminated its contracts with Israeli...

Facebook owner Meta set for 7 million windfall after NSO Group ordered to pay up over WhatsApp spyware campaign
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Facebook owner Meta set for $167 million windfall after NSO Group ordered to pay up over WhatsApp spyware campaign

NSO Group must pay out nearly $167.5 million in damages to WhatsApp 1,400 users were compromised through an audio calling vulnerability Meta wants...

Spyware combing for data ‘of use to China’ hidden inside religious and cultural apps
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Spyware combing for data ‘of use to China’ hidden inside religious and cultural apps

Malicious apps are being disguised to gather data for China Uighur, Tibetan and Taiwanese communities are being targeted The apps look like religious...

WhatsApp patches security flaw which let hackers install spyware
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WhatsApp patches security flaw which let hackers install spyware

WhatsApp patches vulnerability used to deploy Graphite Graphite is a commercial spyware built by Israeli devs Paragon Around 90 people were targeted, WhatsApp...

New spyware found to be snooping on thousands of Android and iOS users
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New spyware found to be snooping on thousands of Android and iOS users

Spyzie was found to be vulnerable to the same flaw as Cocospy and Spyzie More than half a million Android users were exposed...

Government-linked Italian spyware maker caught distributing malicious Android apps
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Government-linked Italian spyware maker caught distributing malicious Android apps

Spyware maker SIO suspected of being behind ‘Spyrtacus’, a not-so new spyware It was previously found on Google Play but now largely on...

Paragon spyware cancels contract with Italian government after targeting journalists and citizens across Europe
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Paragon spyware cancels contract with Italian government after targeting journalists and citizens across Europe

Italian citizens were targeted by Paragon spyware, government says A malicious PDF file was used to deploy malware through WhatsApp Paragon has since...

Israeli spyware company confirms US government and friends are customers
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Israeli spyware company confirms US government and friends are customers

The US government has been confirmed as a Paragon customer Paragon was recently accused of targeting journalists by WhatsApp Paragon “explicitly prohibit(s)” the...