Cybersecurity experts, who work with human rights defenders and journalists, agree that Apple is doing the right thing by sending notifications to victims of mercenary spyware — and at the same time refusing to forensically analyze the devices.

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The company's spyware, dubbed Graphite, is capable of hacking phones and stealing private communications.

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Artist Morry Kolman made a website called Traffic Cam Photobooth that lets people take “selfies” using publicly-available feeds from traffic cameras. The New York City Department of Transportation sent him a cease and desist letter demanding he cut it out. In response, he kept the site online and held the letter up to a traffic camera, according to Kolman’s posts on social media.

In the letter sent on November 6, NYC DOT demands Kolman “immediately remove and disable all portions of TCP’s website that relates to NYC traffic cameras and/or encourages members of the public to engage in dangerous and unauthorized behavior.” The department claims in the letter that Kolman’s project is “promoting the unauthorized use of NYC traffic cameras” and “encourages pedestrians to violate NYC traffic rules and engage in dangerous behavior.”  

The spyware, called EagleMsgSpy, has been used by Chinese law enforcement, according to cybersecurity firm Lookout.

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An Israeli startup specializing in penetrating IoT devices says it's hiring to "support new business growth" in the US government market.

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Senators Ron Wyden and Eric Schmitt are demanding the Department of Defense to do more to secure its telecommunications.

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The Supreme Court recently declined to hear a case that civil liberties groups hoped might stop prolonged, warrantless surveillance with pole cameras.

The lawsuit filed Monday by a current Apple employee comes after federal labor investigators accused the company of imposing illegal policies on its workforce.

The former head of Poland’s internal security agency Piotr Pogonowski was forced to appear in front of a parliamentary committee investigating the alleged abuse of Pegasus spyware in the country.

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