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In November 2021, Apple Inc. filed a complaint against NSO Group and its parent company Q Cyber Technologies in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California in relation to FORCEDENTRY, requesting injunctive relief, compensatory damages, punitive damages, and disgorgement of profits [13] [14] [15] but in 2024 asked the court to dismiss the lawsuit.
Kaspersky has not made any official statements about the origin of the attack, nor has it attributed it to any hacker group or country. However, on June 1, 2023, the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) issued a statement about the discovery of malware affecting Apple mobile phones, using "software vulnerabilities provided by the manufacturer".
US officials have warned people to not send text messages amid a massive and ongoing cyber attack against telecom companies.. Smartphone users are instead urged to use encrypted messaging apps ...
Apple is upping the ante on user security with three new initiatives that it says will protect everyone from the average consumer to high-value hacker targets like diplomats and human rights ...
The hacker responsible for the leak, who described themselves as being a "collector", distributed the leaked images on the image boards 4chan and Anon-IB in exchange for Bitcoin. [ 15 ] [ 16 ] Ultimately, the images were widely circulated online via other channels, including Imgur and Tumblr .
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Since Apple iOS and macOS work with Inter-App Communication URL mechanism [21] (e.g. 'whatsapp://', 'Facebook://', 'iTunes://'), the attacker can open any apps installed on the compromised phone or computer, in the case of an infected macOS application. Such mechanism could be harmful with password management apps or even on phishing websites.
Citizen Lab revealed the government of Bahrain used the NSO Group's Pegasus to hack activists, bloggers, members of Waad (a secular Bahraini political society), a member of Al Wefaq (a Shiite Bahraini political society), and members of the Bahrain Center for Human Rights. Bahrain reportedly acquired access to spyware in 2017.