Nation-states were noted by Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., to have been leveraging push notifications to enable surveillance on Apple and Google smartphones, according to TechCrunch.
The DPRK's Lazarus threat group allegedly breached over 100 devices in several countries, including the U.S., Canada, Japan and Taiwan, according to Microsoft.
Increasingly prevalent data privacy threats have prompted the Federal Communications Commission's Privacy and Data Protection Task Force to partner with attorneys general of New York, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, and Illinois in consolidating resources crucial in bolstering investigations and enforcement actions on various threats, reports The Record, a news site by cybersecurity firm Recorded Future.
Jamf says North Korean subgroup of the financially motivated Lazarus Group targets specific users the threat actors believe have access to cryptocurrency.