Apple Warns Users in 110 Countries of Mercenary Spyware as iPhone Alerts Get Harder to Miss
Apple’s mercenary spyware warnings are getting harder to miss. The alerts now appear directly on the iPhone Lock Screen and...
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FBI Pegasus Records Expose a Blind Spot in US Spyware Oversight
Federal court records show the FBI went beyond simply testing commercial spyware as it considered how the technology could be...
US Courts To Begin Publishing Spyware Records From 2029
The government’s spyware playbook has had one big problem for the public: there has been no reliable count of how...
Apple Tests New iMessage Warning for Malicious Messages
A suspicious iMessage may soon come with a warning before it causes trouble. Code discovered in iOS 26.6 beta 5...
iPhone Security Fixes May Arrive Sooner as AI Speeds Up Threats
Some iPhone security fixes are getting released faster as AI gives hackers new ways to move quickly. Reuters reported that...
Embedding Forbidden Text in Spyware to Discourage AI Analysis
Embedding Forbidden Text in Spyware to Discourage AI Analysis At least one malware developer is adding text about nuclear and...
Embedding Forbidden Text in Spyware to Discourage AI Analysis
Embedding Forbidden Text in Spyware to Discourage AI Analysis At least one malware developer is adding text about nuclear and...
Meta: NSO Tried Targeting WhatsApp Users Despite Court Order
A court order told NSO Group to stay away from WhatsApp. Meta says the spyware maker came back anyway. Meta...
Google Launches New Android Security Features to Fight Scams, Theft
Android is getting its biggest security upgrade yet. Google is adding new security and privacy protections to Android in 2026,...
ICE Uses Graphite Spyware
About Bruce SchneierI am a public-interest technologist, working at the intersection of security, technology, and people. I've been writing about...
CrystalX RAT: new MaaS malware combines spyware, stealer, and remote access
CrystalX RAT: new MaaS malware combines spyware, stealer, and remote access Pierluigi Paganini April 03, 2026 CrystalX RAT, a new...
Italian spyware vendor creates Fake WhatsApp app, targeting 200 users
Italian spyware vendor creates Fake WhatsApp app, targeting 200 users Pierluigi Paganini April 02, 2026 WhatsApp blocked a fake app...
New ‘DarkSword’ Leak Puts Millions of iPhones at Risk After Initial Attack
Image: Frederik Lipfert (Unsplash) A newly leaked version of the DarkSword exploit kit is raising fresh concerns among security researchers,...
Intellexa’s Predator spyware infected Angolan journalist’s device, Amnesty reports
Intellexa’s Predator spyware infected Angolan journalist’s device, Amnesty reports Pierluigi Paganini February 19, 2026 Amnesty reports Angolan journalist’s iPhone was...
New ZeroDayRAT Mobile Spyware Enables Real-Time Surveillance and Data Theft
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a new mobile spyware platform dubbed ZeroDayRAT that's being advertised on Telegram as a...
