#MercenarySpyware

The Citizen Lab RSSCitizenLab_rss@burn.capital
2025-06-12
The Citizen Lab RSSCitizenLab_rss@burn.capital
2024-12-11
🆘Bill Cole 🇺🇦grumpybozo@toad.social
2024-04-11

CONTEXT: Details of why Apple might actually mail you a warning are at support.apple.com/en-us/102174
messages come from threat-notifications@apple.com to the email address associated with your AppleID.

AccessNow.org apparently offers a security helpline for “civil society groups & activists, media organizations, journalists & bloggers, and human rights defenders”

#Infosec #Apple #MercenarySpyware mastodon.social/@jsrailton/112

text from accessnow.org website: 

“HOW CAN WE HELP YOU?
We are a free-of-charge resource for civil society around the world. We offer real-time, direct technical assistance and
advice to civil society groups & activists, media organizations, journalists & bloggers, and human rights defenders.
The Helpline will walk you or your organization through assessing the risks you face in your work, and
together we'll prioritize your digital security needs. We'll help you resolve existing problems, teach
you some of the most important best practices, and help you get into a secure mindset for the future.”
Jean-Francois Mezeijfmezei@mstdn.ca
2024-04-11

@jsrailton How would Apple contact someone about #MercenarySpyware? email? message on iPhone? If via email what would the spam look like? what subject and who would the from be?

Pepijn Bruiennebruienne
2023-04-07

The fairly recently updated "Personal Safety User Guide for Apple devices" contains some great updated language and documentation on current Apple platform features and services that improve personal safety, see these sections specifically:

"What’s new in personal safety with Apple devices" - support.apple.com/guide/person

"Harden your devices against mercenary spyware with Lockdown Mode" - support.apple.com/guide/person

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