New security information has been revealed this week that could be alarming for millions of iPhone users around the world. Security experts have discovered major zero-day vulnerabilities in iPhones that allowed bad actors to gain access to high-end devices to attack and steal data, among other things. The biggest problem with these details is that researchers haven’t been able to crack the source of the vulnerability, which they believe may be related to some of the iPhone’s hardware components. Boris Larin, a Kaspersky researcher quoted in this report, has shared…

On Tuesday, the U.S. Commerce Department included two spyware companies from Europe in its technology export blacklist. These companies were targeted for creating surveillance tools that were considered a threat to U.S. national security, as well as the privacy and integrity of individuals and organizations globally. Such tools are regularly used for political repression and other human rights abuses, including spying on journalists and intimidating political dissidents. The companies targeted by the sanctions are Intellexa S.A. in Greece, Cytrox in Hungary and related entities in Ireland and Macedonia. Intellexa and…