Hacking

Apple and Android Phones Hacked by Italian Spyware, Google Says

An Italian company’s hacking tools were used to spy on Apple Inc and Android smartphones in Italy and Kazakhstan, Alphabet Inc’s Google said in a report on Thursday. Milan-based RCS Lab, whose website claims European law enforcement agencies as clients, developed tools to spy on private messages and contacts of the targeted devices, the report […]

Instagram introduces security tool to recover hacked accounts

Instagram announced on Tuesday a security feature that would enable its users to help recover their hacked accounts.   The Facebook owned platform revealed the new tool called “Security Checkup” in a blog post to guide its users, whose accounts may have been hacked, through the steps needed to secure them.  Users through this feature will undergo four major steps: after checking their login activity, they will be asked to review their profile information, followed by a confirmation […]