Apple’s mercenary spyware warnings are getting harder to miss. The alerts now appear directly on the iPhone Lock Screen and in Settings, putting them in front of targeted users before they even reach their inbox.
On Aug. 13, 2026, Apple confirmed that it sent a new round of threat notifications to targeted users in 110 countries. The alerts do not indicate a mass compromise: Apple describes them as high-confidence warnings that specific individuals were targeted, not proof that spyware was successfully installed.
BleepingComputer confirmed the 110-country figure with Apple. Apple’s threat notification guidance says the company has issued…
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