Spyware’s repeated use to target journalists and those close to them poses an existential threat to the privacy required for press freedom to flourish.

Spyware’s repeated use to target journalists and those close to them poses an existential threat to the privacy required for press freedom to flourish.
Researchers say suspected nation-state hackers infected Apple iPhones with spyware over two years in what security experts on Friday called an alarming security failure for a company whose calling card is privacy. A mere visit to one of a small…
Spyware crafted by an “advanced cyber actor” infected multiple targeted mobile phones through the popular WhatsApp communications program without any user intervention through in-app voice calls, the company said. The Financial Times identified the actor as Israel’s NSO Group, and…