Hackers used booby trapped text messages to retrieve data stored in cellphones

Amnesty International’s report details how booby-trapped text messages were used to collect information stored locally on cellphones. A research by Amnesty International has uncovered that hackers armed with sophisticated spying software have been targeting Moroccan human rights activists midst a government crackdown on protests in recent years. The report released by the British non-profit human…

Apple offers up to $1 million for remote access exploit for iPhones and cloud-based backups

Apple launched the challenge at the annual Black Hat security conference in Las Vegas. In order to remove exploitable vulnerabilities from its mobile operating system, Apple Inc has announced a bounty of up to $1 million to cyber security researchers who detect flaws in iPhones. This is the largest ever reward Apple has offered to…

Blackstone Group annuls its plans to acquire a 40% stake in mobile surveillance developer NSO Group

It would appear that the talks were annulled midst a series of complaints over the usage of spyware developed by the NSO Group and how these would reflect on Blackstone. According to sources familiar with the matter at hand, the Blackstone Group has pulled out of advanced talks to acquire a stake in Israel’s NSO…