While the platform’s influence has waned, your dormant Twitter account could still have embarrassing or dire consequences if hijacked. So it’s probably worthwhile to setup a more secure passwordless passkey on your iPhone just in case.
What free speech, war zones, and Aristotle have to do with internet infrastructure.
The long-term plan to gain access, and the backdoor’s careful design have experts agreeing that “Jia Tan” was probably not a lone wolf. Security researcher Costin Raiu tells Wired the XZ Utils attack is far more “cunning” than anything he’d seen previously.
Others have looked into when Tan submitted their code. Most uploads were linked to China’s time zone, while several were (perhaps accidentally) in the Middle East or Eastern Europe, and they continued working on notable Chinese holidays.
Poland’s parliament opened an inquiry into the use of the NSO Group’s spyware under the right-wing Law and Justice (PiS) party, which ruled the country for eight years. The government will notify those who were targeted.
“Too long we’ve been lied to about Pegasus by PiS and we’re going to get to the bottom of it now,” the member of parliament leading the inquiry said.
