Last year, WhatsApp and Apple notified several people in Italy, including journalists and activists, that they had been targeted with government spyware. In particular, WhatsApp…
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UK government says 100 countries have spyware that can hack people's phones |
More than half of the world’s governments have access to commercial spyware that can break into computers and phones to steal sensitive information, according to…
WhatsApp notifies hundreds of users who installed a fake app made by government spyware maker |
9:34 AM PDT · April 1, 2026 WhatsApp says it has notified around 200 users who were tricked into installing a malicious fake version of…
Apple made strides with iOS 26 security, but leaked hacking tools still leave millions exposed to spyware attacks |
The common assumption among iPhone security experts has been that finding vulnerabilities and developing exploits for iOS was difficult, requiring a lot of time, resources,…
Intellexa's Predator spyware used to hack iPhone of journalist in Angola, research says |
A government customer of sanctioned spyware maker Intellexa hacked the phone of a prominent journalist in Angola, according to Amnesty International, the latest case of…
Critics pan spyware maker NSO's transparency claims amid its push to enter US market |
NSO Group, one of the most well-known and controversial makers of government spyware, released a new transparency report on Wednesday, as the company enters what…
Meet the team that hunts government spyware
For more than a decade, dozens of journalists and human rights activists have been targeted and hacked by governments all over the world. Cops and…
You've been targeted by government spyware. Now what? |
It was a normal day when Jay Gibson got an unexpected notification on his iPhone. “Apple detected a targeted mercenary spyware attack against your iPhone,”…
'Landfall' spyware abused zero-day to hack Samsung Galaxy phones |
Security researchers have discovered an Android spyware that targeted Samsung Galaxy phones during a nearly year-long hacking campaign. Researchers at Palo Alto Networks’ Unit 42…
Spyware maker NSO Group blocked from WhatsApp |
In Brief Posted: 1:36 PM PDT · October 18, 2025 A federal judge has granted Meta-owned WhatsApp’s request for a permanent injunction blocking Israeli cyberintelligence…