NEW: Apple notified people in 92 countries they may have been targeted with spyware, TechCrunch learned.

“Apple detected that you are being targeted by a mercenary spyware attack that is trying to remotely compromise the iPhone' linked to your Apple ID.

techcrunch.com/2024/04/10/app…

Mercenary spyware company #Intellexa pitched using online ads to infect phones.

Everyone should block ads.

It's a matter of safety.

By Omer Benjakob & Eliza Triantafillou h/t avi scharf
haaretz.com/israel-news/se…

Since Apple is now notifying even more victims of spyware, let me resurface this article about Apple's Lockdown Mode, an opt-in iOS/iPadOS/macOS feature to defend against such attacks. glitchcat.xyz/p/four-things-…

IMPORTANT: has Apple recently sent you a #MercenarySpyware threat notification?

This is serious. Seek expert help.

If you're a journalist, activist, dissident, academic, etc. etc: ✅contact the Access Now Digital Security Helpline.

accessnow.org/help/

New —> The Commerce Department is preparing to prohibit US companies and persons from using Kaspersky anti-virus software, citing national security concerns that the company has dismissed as unfounded, w/ Zachary Cohen, Phil Mattingly & Evan Pérez cnn.com/2024/04/09/pol…

A #Bluecheck showed up on my account.

I have not paid for or requested it.

Here's what's going on: theverge.com/2024/4/3/24120…

Phony from day one.