"Google's Warning: Government Hackers Target iPhone Owners with Spyware Threat"

Google's Threat Analysis Group revealed that government hackers exploited three unknown vulnerabilities in Apple's iPhone operating system to target victims with spyware developed by European startup Variston. The hackers used Variston's hacking tools to deliver an SMS text message containing a malicious link that infected the target's phone with spyware. Google's report also highlighted the expansion of European spyware makers and their capabilities, emphasizing the need to disrupt hacking campaigns conducted with these companies' tools due to their link to targeted surveillance of journalists, dissidents, and politicians.