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Victim’s iPhone hacked by Pegasus spyware weeks after Apple sued NSO

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Victim’s iPhone hacked by Pegasus spyware weeks after Apple sued NSO   Victim’s iPhone hacked by Pegasus spyware weeks after Apple sued NSO A government customer of NSO Group's Pegasus spyware successfully hacked an Apple iPhone in December, according to new evidence, only weeks after Apple sued the Israeli business in a US court and demanded that it be barred from "harming people" using Apple goods. From August 2019 to December 2021, phones belonging to four Jordanian human rights defenders, lawyers, and journalists were hacked by government clients of NSO—which appear to be Jordanian government agencies, according to a report published on Tuesday by security researchers at Front Line Defenders (FLD) and Citizen Lab at the University of Toronto. Even though Apple sued NSO in November, the report appears to suggest that Apple customers may still be subject to surveillance by NSO's government clients. Apple said at the time that it was suing NSO and its parent bu...

Budget Phone Comparison: Apple iPhone SE vs Samsung Galaxy A53 5G

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Budget Phone Comparison: Apple iPhone SE vs Samsung Galaxy A53 5G Budget Phone Comparison: Apple iPhone SE vs Samsung Galaxy A53 5G Apple announced the redesigned iPhone SE for 2022 in March and an affordable iPhone with 5G capability. Samsung recently released the Galaxy A53 5G , a low-cost 5G smartphone, so we thought we'd compare the two to see how they scale up. In short, the A53 5G has a higher feature set than the iPhone SE, but it lacks longevity and builds iPhone SE quality. On paper, the Samsung Galaxy A53 5G has a lot of potentials that the iPhone doesn't. For example, the Galaxy A53 5G features a more modern 6.5-inch 1080p AMOLED display with a 120Hz refresh rate, while the iPhone SE has a smaller 4.7-inch screen with thicker, outdated bezels. The screen is gorgeous, colorful, and much better than the iPhone SE's 1080p screen. While the iPhone SE has a standard Touch ID button, the Samsung smartphone has an ultrasonic fingerprint reader hidden under the displ...