Updates and patches from software and hardware vendors are a key step in your cyber-security strategy – make sure you keep up to date. Today Apple is releasing a variety of updates across all of it’s devices and operating systems to address various security and privacy issues. Check your device …
Chipping away at iOS security
Apple iOS (for iPhones, iPads etc) has a reputation for security and privacy – that is why I use their devices and why I recommend them to clients. I know there are issues, with the App store commissions (but at least the apps are curated, a security plus), anti-privacy actions …
Did the Polish government use Pegasus?
The Guardian has an article investigating the claim that the Polish government has used the Pegasus spyware against its opposition. There have been calls for an investigation by the opposition leader Donald Tusk. Claims Polish government used spyware is ‘crisis for democracy’, says opposition | Poland | The Guardian
NSO Group, US diplomats, Uganda and Pegasus – what a mix!
Commercial spyware – cyberweapon – it just means trouble. The secret Uganda deal that has brought NSO to the brink of collapse | Ars Technica
Two more stories about, spyware, the NSO Group, Pegasus and another player in the commercial cyberweapons market
So if one company can produce commercial spyware then why not two. More on NSO Group and Cytrox: Two Cyberweapons Arms Manufacturers – Schneier on Security Then there are the consequences of the use of Pegasus and Predator. UN-backed investigator into possible Yemen war crimes targeted by spyware | United …