{"id":6233,"date":"2022-07-06T17:36:12","date_gmt":"2022-07-06T15:36:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2022\/07\/06\/apple-to-launch-lockdown-mode-to-protect-against-pegasus-style-hacks\/"},"modified":"2022-07-06T17:36:12","modified_gmt":"2022-07-06T15:36:12","slug":"apple-to-launch-lockdown-mode-to-protect-against-pegasus-style-hacks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2022\/07\/06\/apple-to-launch-lockdown-mode-to-protect-against-pegasus-style-hacks\/","title":{"rendered":"Apple to launch \u2018lockdown mode\u2019 to protect against Pegasus-style hacks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Firm says function is intended for users who face \u2018grave, targeted threats to their digital security\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Apple is launching a \u201clockdown mode\u201d for its devices to protect people \u2013 including journalists and human rights activists \u2013 targeted by hacking attacks like those launched by government clients of NSO Group using its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/news\/2021\/jul\/18\/what-is-pegasus-spyware-and-how-does-it-hack-phones\">Pegasus spyware<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Apple will roll out the setting in the autumn and believes it would have prevented previously known spyware attacks by closing down technical avenues for digital espionage. It said the lockdown mode was intended for users who face \u201cgrave, targeted threats to their digital security\u201d.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2022\/jul\/06\/apple-to-launch-lockdown-mode-to-protect-against-pegasus-style-hacks\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/05ca856a89e657c04e7d63cf429cacee8140f9bd\/0_201_3500_2100\/master\/3500.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=a1188f36d7d8305700e7598c92ac4e0a\" title=\"Apple to launch \u2018lockdown mode\u2019 to protect against Pegasus-style hacks\" \/>Firm says function is intended for users who face \u2018grave, targeted threats to their digital security\u2019<br \/>\nApple is launching a \u201clockdown mode\u201d for its devices to protect people \u2013 including journalists and human rights activists \u2013 targeted by hacking attacks like those launched by government clients of NSO Group using its Pegasus spyware.<br \/>\nApple will roll out the setting in the autumn and believes it would have prevented previously known spyware attacks by closing down technical avenues for digital espionage. It said the lockdown mode was intended for users who face \u201cgrave, targeted threats to their digital security\u201d. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Firm says function is intended for users who face \u2018grave, targeted threats to their digital security\u2019 Apple is launching a \u201clockdown mode\u201d for its devices to protect people \u2013 including journalists and human rights activists \u2013 targeted by hacking attacks like those launched by government clients of NSO Group using its Pegasus spyware. Apple will &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2022\/07\/06\/apple-to-launch-lockdown-mode-to-protect-against-pegasus-style-hacks\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Apple to launch \u2018lockdown mode\u2019 to protect against Pegasus-style hacks<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":6234,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6233"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6233"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6233\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6234"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6233"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6233"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6233"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}