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US athletes told to use burner phones at Beijing Winter Olympics

The Verge

In 2019, China was caught secretly installing spyware on tourists’ phones who entered from the Xinjiang region. In addition, research group Citizen Lab found that China’s My2022 Olympic app , which all attendees are required to install, is full of security holes that could lead to privacy breaches, surveillance, and hacking.

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The Zero Click, Zero Day iMessage Attack Against Journalists

SecureWorld News

Citizen Lab believes that the journalists were hacked by four operators from NSO Group's Pegasus. Pegasus spyware is a phone surveillance solution that enables customers to remotely exploit and monitor devices. And watchdog groups say its products are often found to be used in surveillance abuses.

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The vibe shift in Silicon Valley

The Verge

But Apple’s move to crush the market for targeted mobile advertising , coupled with unexpected competition , has put Facebook on the defensive. It focuses on who loses when free expression is restricted, particularly among marginalized groups. The fact that NSO Group belongs to a legal and thriving spyware industry is a daily scandal.

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Stop Malware Attacks and Online Identity Theft

Galido

Affecting a mobile phone, a computer, a laptop, or a network server, malware interrupts computing operations, hijacks networks, or access systems. The modern and common types of malware, such as the viruses, worms, spyware, adware, Trojans, and Zombies, primarily target confidential personal, business, or financial information.

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Here’s who Apple and Epic are calling to testify in next week’s trial

The Verge

Both lists include Microsoft Xbox executive Lori Wright, for instance, and Epic is calling Adrian Ong from Match Group, which recently criticized Apple in a congressional hearing. Alec Shobin, senior marketing manager — covering “marketing for mobile games; the App Store review process; Epic’s campaign against app stores.”

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The massive Twitter hack could be a global security crisis

The Verge

The finding has made it easier for the CIA to damage adversaries’ critical infrastructure, such as petrochemical plants, and to engage in the kind of hack-and-dump operations that Russian hackers and WikiLeaks popularized, in which tranches of stolen documents or data are leaked to journalists or posted on the internet.

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How much control should Apple have over your iPhone?

Vox

We love our mobile apps. Apple is facing growing scrutiny for the tight control it has over so much of the mobile-first, app-centric world it created. It doesn’t quite have the negative public perception that its three peers have, and the effects of its exclusive control over mobile apps on its consumers aren’t as obvious.

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