Privacy & Compliance
The Meta-owned communications app is filing a federal court contempt order against NSO.
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Cyberwarfare
Iran-linked hacking groups are turning to high-volume, low-impact cyberattacks, and AI is providing a boost.
Mobile & Wireless
Targeting six iOS vulnerabilities and leading to full device compromise, the exploit chain is meant for surveillance.
Malware & Threats
Available via Telegram, researchers warn ZeroDayRAT is a ‘complete mobile compromise toolkit’ comparable to kits normally requiring nation-state resources to develop.
Malware & Threats
The Predator spyware is more sophisticated and dangerous than previously realized.
Mobile & Wireless
CISA has described the techniques used by attackers and pointed out that the focus is on high-value individuals.
Malware & Threats
Threat actors exploited CVE-2025-21042 to deliver malware via specially crafted images to users in the Middle East.
Vulnerabilities
The threat actor behind Operation ForumTroll used the same toolset typically employed in Dante spyware attacks.
Mobile & Wireless
Reported by Meta and WhatsApp, the vulnerability leads to remote code execution and was likely exploited by a spyware vendor.
Malware & Threats
Apple this year sent at least four rounds of notifications to French users potentially targeted by commercial spyware.
Mobile & Wireless
Apple’s new Memory Integrity Enforcement (MIE) brings always-on memory-safety protection covering key attack surfaces — including the kernel and over 70 userland processes.
Malware & Threats
Iranian APT MuddyWater has been using new versions of the DCHSpy Android surveillance tool since the beginning of the conflict with Israel.
Malware & Threats
Newly discovered spyware has sneaked into Apple’s App Store and Google Play to steal images from users’ mobile devices.
Vulnerabilities
WhatsApp told SecurityWeek that it linked the exploited FreeType vulnerability CVE-2025-27363 to a Paragon exploit.
Government
Citizen Lab publishes forensic proof that spyware maker Paragon can compromise up-to-date iPhones. Journalists in Europe among victims.
Mobile & Wireless
iVerify links iPhone crashes to sophisticated zero-click attacks via iMessage targeting individuals involved in politics in the EU and US.
M&A Tracker
Cellebrite and Corellium, whose names have been mentioned in spyware stories, are joining forces to provide advanced investigative solutions.
Malware & Threats
Meta has won its WhatsApp hacking lawsuit against Israeli spyware company NSO Group in an “important step forward for privacy and security”.
Mobile & Wireless
Attacks involving Paragon’s Graphite spyware involved a WhatsApp zero-day that could be exploited without any user interaction.
Mobile & Wireless
The North Korea-linked APT37 has been observed targeting Android users with spyware distributed via Google Play.
Data Breaches
French officials say roughly 73,000 government accounts were affected, while the threat actor claims to have stolen messages and user data from the sovereign...
Artificial Intelligence
Artificial Intelligence
Incident Response
Nation-State
Google’s Threat Intelligence Group has been tracking the cyberespionage group as UNC6508 since early 2025.
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