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Mercenary Spyware Alerts Are Hitting Apple Users Worldwide

Original: Mercenary Spyware Is Attacking Apple Users In Hundreds Of Countries — Here’s How To Know If You’re A Target huffpost.com

Apple users in hundreds of countries are being targeted by mercenary spyware attacks, prompting the company to send alarming threat notifications to affected devices. Security experts urge recipients not to dismiss these alerts as spam, since Apple rarely issues such warnings and uses them only when a device is likely targeted. Advice circulating online explains how to check whether you are a target and what steps to take next.

Why now: Fresh warnings that commercial spyware attacks against Apple devices have expanded to hundreds of countries are prompting people to check whether they received threat notifications.

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• Mercenary Spyware Is Attacking Apple Users In Hundreds Of Countries — Here’s How To Know If You’re A Target huffpost.com/entry/mercenary-s… If you get an alarming text from Apple about “mercenary spyware,” don’t delete it and ignore what you read. This text isn’t spam. It’s a… · vassilis@libranet.de · 27

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