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Pegasus Spyware Discovered on Spanish PM's Phone

SecureWorld News

The highly controversial Pegasus spyware has been found on the mobile phones of Spain's prime minister Pedro Sánchez, as well as the defense minister Margarita Robles, according to the Spanish government. Pegasus spyware remains problematic around the world. Could Spain be spying on its own people?

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Black Hat USA 2021 and DEF CON 29: What to expect from the security events

Tech Republic Security

Key topics analysts anticipate for these security conferences include supply chain attacks, Microsoft Exchange vulnerabilities and the iPhone/Pegasus spyware incident.

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China-Linked Apps Pose Threat to Google Play Store Users

SecureWorld News

The Google Play Store, a widely-trusted source for Android applications, has recently become a battleground for a concerning wave of spyware with ties to China. Pradeo, the mobile security company that discovered these malicious apps, has released a report discussing the spyware lurking on the Google Play Store. million users.

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MacStealer Extracts Docs, Cookies, Login Info from MacOS Users

SecureWorld News

Uptycs is sponsoring and participating in a panel discussion at the SecureWorld Financial Services virtual conference on May 17th. A good example of this TTP is seen in the CloudMensis/BadRAT spyware discovered independently by both ESET and Volexity."

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Vergecast: Jeff Bezos in space, RCS on Verizon, and Biden on Big Tech

The Verge

Liz and Joey discuss details of the launch, the other members of the crew like aviation legend Wally Funk, the press conference after landing, and the backlash from the people back on Earth. Pegasus spyware used to target phones of journalists and activists, investigation finds.

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FBI Warns Against 'Juice Jacking' at Public Charging Stations

SecureWorld News

When hackers trick people into using their fake Wi-Fi networks and power stations, they can compromise devices, install malware/spyware and steal data. There have been hacks of GM's ONStar system, and even last week a successful hack of a Tesla Model 3 (providing root access) at the Pwn2Own Conference.

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Help! I have a Virus!

Sean Daniel

Spyware is software that tends to steal from you, capture credit card information, your password etc, also bad, and again Windows Defender will capture most of these, but not all Bloatware is software that that is trying to help you do something, but something you probably don’t need. Copyright Sean Daniel.

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