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Friday, April 21, 2023

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Volume 42 Table of Contents Issue 111
Mercenary spyware hacked iPhone victims with rogue calendar invites, researchers say
MA: High School to lock students' cell phones during school day
New NLRB Ruling in T-Mobile, Inc. Takes Aim at Employee Action Committees
Message-ID: <B5E08D9A-5CE7-47DE-B986-4A1AB4F3CCE7@roscom.com> Date: 11 Apr 2023 18:42:03 -0400 From: "Monty Solomon" <monty@roscom.com> Subject: Mercenary spyware hacked iPhone victims with rogue calendar invites, researchers say Microsoft and Citizen Lab have new reports out about QuaDream, a little-known Israeli mercenary spyware provider By Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai Hackers using spyware made by a little known cyber mercenary company used malicious calendar invites to hack the iPhones of journalists, political opposition figures and an NGO worker, according to two reports. Researchers at Microsoft and the digital rights group Citizen Lab analyzed samples of malware they say was created by QuaDream, an Israeli spyware maker that has been reported to develop zero-click exploits - meaning hacking tools that don���t require the target to click on malicious links - for iPhones. https://techcrunch.com/2023/04/11/quadream-spyware-hacked-iphones-calendar-invites/
Message-ID: <20230419123124.GA81913@telecomdigest.us> Date: 19 Apr 2023 12:31:24 +0000 From: "The Telecom Digest" <submissions@telecom-digest.org> Subject: MA: High School to lock students' cell phones during school day Chicopee Comprehensive High to lock students’ cell phones during school day, joining Chicopee High By Jeanette DeForge CHICOPEE – Comprehensive High School will soon be locking up teenagers’ cell phones in magnetic pouches, after staff at its sister high school have reported seeing students’ grades and concentration levels improve when they did the same. Comprehensive High School is planning to implement a program where students are each given a cell phone pouch that is locked with specialized magnets when they enter the school. At dismissal, the phones are unlocked. https://www.masslive.com/news/2022/08/chicopee-comprehensive-high-to-lock-students-cell-phones-during-school-day-joining-chicopee-high.html
Message-ID: <20230419125928.GA82227@telecomdigest.us> Date: 19 Apr 2023 12:59:28 +0000 From: "The Telecom Digest" <submissions@telecom-digest.org> Subject: New NLRB Ruling in T-Mobile, Inc. Takes Aim at Employee Action Committees By Michael Frantz and Ryan Smith Employers often rely on employee committees to enhance employee engagement and gain valuable insight regarding areas of group concern, but a new NLRB ruling in T-Mobile, Inc. teaches employers that if they are not managed carefully, those committees might violate a relatively unknown provision of the National Labor Relations Act. (The case is T-Mobile USA, Inc., 372 NLRB No. 4 (November 18, 2022). https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/new-nlrb-ruling-in-t-mobile-inc-takes-3001061/
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