Apple devices getting beefed-up defence against spyware

SAN FRANCISCO, July 8 ― Apple on Wednesday unveiled a new way for activists, journalists and other targets of state-sponsored espionage to protect themselves from spyware.

The tech giant is upping the bounty it pays researchers for uncovering vulnerabilities in its software when it comes to Lockdown Mode, raising the maximum reward to US$2 million . “State-sponsored actors like the NSO Group spend millions of dollars on sophisticated surveillance technologies without effective accountability,” Apple senior vice president of software engineering Craig Federighi said when the suit was filed late last year.

A Spanish court last month said a judge wants to visit Israel to quiz the NSO Group's top executive over a top-level hacking scandal involving the Spanish premier's phone.

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