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fromThe Hacker News
3 days ago

WhatsApp Rolls Out Lockdown-Style Security Mode to Protect Targeted Users From Spyware

WhatsApp adds Strict Account Settings to lock accounts to restrictive defaults and adopts Rust-based media libraries to protect high-risk users from sophisticated spyware.
fromThe Verge
4 months ago

Apple says the iPhone 17 comes with a massive security upgrade

It's less noticeable than a thinner profile or trick camera lenses, but Apple is pointing out another upgrade in the iPhone 17 family of phones that it says is part of "the most significant upgrade to memory safety in the history of consumer operating systems." Explicitly targeting the spyware industry that produces exploits for tools like Pegasus to hack on targeted devices, a series of changes in Apple's chips, OS, and development tools are part of what it calls Memory Integrity Enforcement (MIE).
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