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New FurBall Android Malware Used to Spy on Iranian Citizens

SecureWorld News

Domestic Kitten, also known as the APT-C-50 group, has been spying on Iranian citizens since 2016 with various campaigns targeting anti-government protestors throughout the Middle East. Researchers believe the purpose of this could be to set up a larger spearphishing attack conducted via text messages.

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Why your smartphone is sicker than a room full of snotty toddlers

Network World

If you thought your smartphone was safe(r) from the wild west of malware, spyware and other viruses compared with the PC space, think again. A new report from Nokia proclaims a “sharp rise in the occurrence of smartphone malware infections” in the first half of 2016.

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Fed Tech News Roundup

CTOvision

The relevant text is contained in the 2016 intelligence. China security law tightens control of cyber security ThreatBrief (Today) - China’s legislature has passed a wide-ranging and controversial national security law which tightens government control over many areas of life. The [Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided.

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How to Remove Malware Tips

Galido

These can include: Spyware. Today, malware is often created for profit through forced (adware) advertising, stealing sensitive information (spyware), email spamming via infected computers, or to extort money (ransomware). Originally posted 2016-05-03 23:47:48. What is Malware? There are various types of malware. Keyloggers.

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NSO’s Pegasus spyware: here’s what we know

The Verge

Throughout the past week, we’ve seen story after story about a company called NSO Group, and a piece of spyware called Pegasus. Amnesty International ran detailed forensics on 67 smartphones to look for evidence that they were targeted by Pegasus spyware — and 37 of those phones tested positive. Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge.

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How much control should Apple have over your iPhone?

Vox

Apple has said it does this to ensure that its products are easy to use, private, and secure. Apple says the security and privacy features its customers expect are impossible to provide without having this control over the apps on its phone. But Apple’s operating systems — macOS, iOS, iPadOS, and watchOS — are only on Apple’s devices.

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Antitrust investigations aren’t the biggest threat to Facebook’s future

The Verge

It also turned Facebook into something like a single point of failure for the distribution of foreign propaganda, with famously dire results in 2016. If India can ban one app used by 200 million people , citing rather vague national security concerns, it can ban others. The so-called “ Splinternet ” is a long time in coming.