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Newly found zero-click #iPhone #exploit used in #NSO #spyware #attacks

source: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/newly-found-zero-click-iphone-exploit-used-in-nso-spyware-attacks/

Among the victims of these attacks, Citizen Lab mentioned Catalan Members of the European #Parliament (MEPs), every Catalan president since 2010, as well as Catalan legislators, jurists, journalists, and members of civil #society organizations and their families.

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According to Citizen Lab Director Ron Deibert, multiple suspected #infections with #Pegasus spyware within official #UK networks were also reported by Citizen Lab to the #government of the United Kingdom.

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Senior #EU officials were targeted with Israeli #spyware

source: https://www.reuters.com/technology/exclusive-senior-eu-officials-were-targeted-with-israeli-spyware-sources-2022-04-11/

The commission became aware of the targeting following messages issued by #Apple to thousands of #iPhone owners in November telling them they were "targeted by state-sponsored attackers," the two EU officials said. It was the first time Apple had sent a mass alert to users that they were in #government hackers' crosshairs.

The EU itself likes to incubate surveillance plans against its own population but the #politicians of course do not want to be monitored themselves.

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#Israel blocked #Ukraine from buying #Pegasus #spyware, fearing #Russia’s anger

source: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/mar/23/israel-ukraine-pegasus-spyware-russia

The Ukrainian president, Volodymyr #Zelenskiy, has been critical of Israel’s stance since Russia launched its full and bloody #invasion of Ukraine on 24 February, saying in a recent address before members of Israel’s Knesset that Israel would have to “give answers” on why it had not given #weapons to Ukraine or applied #sanctions on Russians.

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