Spyware Attack News Today

Apple sent threat notifications to iPhone users in 92 countries on Wednesday, warning them that may have been targeted by mercenary spyware attacks. It did not disclose the attackers' identities or the countries where users received notifications. "Apple detected that you are being targeted by a mercenary spyware attack that is trying to remotely compromise the iPhone associated with your Apple ID -xxx-," it wrote in the warning to affected customers.

"Suppose your subject is cut off, your image is not in the aspect ratio you want, or an object in focus is misaligned with other parts of the image -- you can use Generative Expand to expand your canvas and get your image to look like anything you can imagine," Adobe said in a blogpost. 📲 Photoshop 'Generative Expand': Adobe’s New AI Feature To Let Users Seamlessly Expand, Resize Any Image.

The fear of Pegasus-style spyware attack resurfaced on Tuesday after researchers at Microsoft and the digital rights group Citizen Lab identified new victims in North America, Central Asia, Southeast Asia, Europe, and the Middle East 📲 Pegasus-Style Spyware Attack Hits Journalists, Politicians via iPhone Exploits From Israel-Based Malware Maker.

Tech giant Google said an Italian vendor used a "combination of tactics, including drive-by downloads" to target mobile users on both iOS and Android devices in Italy and Kazakhstan. The report said RCS Lab developed tools to spy on devices. Google said it had earlier testified at the EU Parliamentary hearing on “Big Tech and Spyware” about the work it has done to "monitor and disrupt the thriving industry".

IMazing has come out with a new feature that can detect Pegasus spyware infection on an iPhone using the same methodology as Amnesty International's MVT. The feature presents the ability in a more user-friendly manner than ever before.