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Daily Crunch: Citizen Lab claims Apple’s ‘Lockdown Mode’ helped block spyware attack by hacker group NSO

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In Apple’s case, researchers looking into spyware vulnerabilities said its “Lockdown Mode” was able to thwart the advances of the infamous mercenary hacking provider NSO Group. One tool to rule them all : Avalor wants to unify cybersecurity tools by aggregating data, Kyle reports. Lorenzo has more.

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Researchers jailbreak a Tesla, the FCC fines robocallers and WeWork finds itself in trouble (again)

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In this week’s edition of WiR, we cover researchers figuring out a way to “jailbreak” Teslas, the AI.com domain name switching hands and the FCC fining robocallers. If you haven’t already, sign up here to get WiR in your inbox every Saturday. Now, on with the recap.

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Runa Sandvik’s new startup Granitt secures at-risk people from hackers and nation states

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Journalists and activists are increasingly targeted by the wealthy and resourceful who seek to keep the truth hidden, from nation-state aligned hackers hacking into journalist’s inboxes to governments deploying mobile spyware to snoop on their most vocal critics. Runa Sandvik, founder of Granitt. Image: (supplied).

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Apple patches nasty security bugs, HBO Max suddenly removes content, and a16z backs Neumann’s next thing

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Apple’s big security bug : Time to update your Apple devices! security issues that attackers seem to already be actively exploiting. Hi, I’m the security editor here, a.k.a. TechCrunch’s Bearer of Bad News, and I oversee the security desk. This week the company shipped critical patches that fix two (!)

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Liberty Strategic Capital nabs majority stake in mobile security startup Zimperium for $525M

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Mnuchin, announced today that it is acquiring a majority stake in mobile security startup Zimperium for $525 million. With Zimperium, the firm takes a dive into mobile security, which Mnuchin sees at the front line of cyber security today.

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Apple releases security updates for iOS, iPadOS and macOS, fixing two actively exploited zero-days

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Apple has released security updates for iPhones, iPads and Macs to patch against two vulnerabilities, which the company says are being actively exploited to hack people. following a vulnerability disclosure by security researchers at Google’s Threat Analysis Group, which investigates […] © 2023 TechCrunch.

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Cybersecurity Snapshot: NIST’s Cybersecurity Framework Gets Major Update, as Advisories on APT29 and ALPHV Blackcat Get Rolled Out

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Check out what’s new in NIST’s makeover of its Cybersecurity Framework. Also, how to assess the cybersecurity capabilities of a generative AI LLM. 1 - NIST’s Cybersecurity Framework 2.0 1 - NIST’s Cybersecurity Framework 2.0 The Cybersecurity Framework at 10.and And the most prevalent malware in Q4. And much more!