SecureWorld News

MAY 3, 2022

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. Responsibility needs to be established straight away.

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SecureWorld News

JULY 8, 2022

Lockdown Mode is designed to protect users who could be targeted by "the most sophisticated digital threats," such as spyware developed by private companies like the highly controversial NSO Group. The spyware was found on the phone of Jamal Khashoggi's wife just days after his murder. Department of State.

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The Verge

DECEMBER 21, 2021

New forensic analysis indicates that representatives of the United Arab Emirates government installed Pegasus spyware on the phone of Hanan Elatr, wife of murdered journalist Jamal Khashoggi, just months before her husband was killed. As a spyware company, NSO’s operations have long been shrouded in secrecy.

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Computer Weekly

JANUARY 11, 2018

Researchers at security firm McAfee have confirmed that social networks are being used to target North Korean dissidents with spyware

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Dataconomy

AUGUST 8, 2022

Vulnerability exploitation and spyware activities picked up in July, with abnormally high amounts of activity observed in incursions connected to spyware, according to research conducted by Recorded Future. It is unknown, however, whether.

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Tech Republic Security

JULY 27, 2017

The Lipizzan spyware family, which can record calls and screenshots, was recently discovered and blocked by Google Security researchers.

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The Verge

JULY 21, 2021

Amnesty International — part of the group that helped break the news of journalists and heads of state being targeted by NSO’s government-grade spyware, Pegasus — has released a tool to check if your phone has been affected. Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge.

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Network World

AUGUST 25, 2016

The claims -- from research at Toronto-based Citizen Lab and mobile security firm Lookout -- focus on spyware that targeted Ahmed Mansoor, an activist in the United Arab Emirates. However, inside the message was a link that, once clicked, can infect an iPhone with spyware, using three zero-day exploits of iOS, the research found.

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SecureWorld News

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Callie Guenther, Senior Manager of Cyber Threat Research at Critical Start, shared her thoughts with SecureWorld News: "Apple's growing popularity and expanding market share make them prime targets for advanced adversaries. The exploitation of tools like NSO Group's Pegasus spyware illustrates the growing appetite for targeting Apple devices.

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Network World

MAY 30, 2016

Meet Stealth Falcon, a sophisticated and likely state-sponsored cyberespionage group, which is hell bent on conducting targeted spyware attacks “against Emriati journalists, activists and dissidents.” The digital attacks started in 2012 and are still being carried out against United Arab Emirates (UAE) dissidents.

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SecureWorld News

AUGUST 25, 2022

Israeli spyware company NSO Group has experienced quite a bit of controversy in the last few years. Its spyware product, Pegasus, has been used by various criminals and nation states to target individuals of interest, such as activists, politicians, and business leaders. After being blacklisted by the U.S.,

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SecureWorld News

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

The report, titled " Predator Files: Caught in the Net ," delves into the operations of the "Intellexa alliance," a complex network of interconnected companies that develop and market powerful spyware used to monitor and manipulate individuals worldwide. Cytrox is now part of Intellexa."

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Gizmodo

AUGUST 24, 2021

The iPhones of nine Bahraini political activists were recently hacked using the NSO Group’s spyware Pegasus, according to a new report put out by researchers. Read more.

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Network World

APRIL 21, 2017

A security researcher has come up with a free tool that can tell. Luke Jennings of security firm Countercept wrote a script in response to last week’s high-profile leak of cyberweapons that some researchers believe are from the U.S. Has your computer been infected with a suspected NSA spying implant? National Security Agency.

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SecureWorld News

OCTOBER 21, 2022

However, this recent version of FurBall that was discovered is slightly different from what Domestic Kitten has used in the past, according to ESET malware researcher Lukas Stefanko. This version has similar spyware functionality as before, except " the threat actors slightly obfuscated class and method names, strings, logs, and server URIs."

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SecureWorld News

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Apple credited an anonymous researcher for the discovery of the Zero-Day and thanked Citizen Lab, a digital rights research group at the University of Toronto's Munk School, for its assistance. It is unclear if the Zero-Day was exploited in attacks linked to mercenary spyware vendors.

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CTOvision

APRIL 28, 2014

Here are my key take-aways from this year’s research: In every measure that matters, in every category, the bad guys are getting faster by automating. 92% of attacks studied in this research can be described and categorized by nine basic attack patterns of: Crimeware. Insider Misuse. Cyber Espionage.

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Computerworld Vertical IT

JULY 7, 2022

The company is also offering millions of dollars to support research to expose such threats. Apple describes this protection as “sharply reducing the attack surface that potentially could be exploited by highly targeted mercenary spyware.” To read this article in full, please click here

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SecureWorld News

DECEMBER 23, 2020

Pegasus spyware is a phone surveillance solution that enables customers to remotely exploit and monitor devices. He was concerned that his phone had been hacked he contacted Toronto's Citizen Lab and agreed to let them install a VPN application that would give researchers a chance to track metadata associated with his Internet traffic.

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SecureWorld News

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

The steps we’re taking today will send a clear message: In a free society, it is unacceptable to weaponize powerful state-sponsored spyware against those who seek to make the world a better place.". That behavior by NSO Group, according to Citizen Lab and Apple, includes secret installation of Pegasus Spyware. And he didn't stop there.

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SecureWorld News

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

New research from Lookout reveals the most common mobile threats aimed at federal, state, and local government agencies and their employees—all of which have increased since 2021. Mobile phishing attacks come in two varieties: credential harvesting and malware delivery.

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SecureWorld News

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

A Zscaler research team has been monitoring Joker malware and notified Google of the recent uploads to the Google Play store. The research team identified 17 different samples uploaded to the store in September 2020. It accomplishes this by changing its code, execution methods, or payload-retrieving techniques. Meticulous Scanner.

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The Verge

JANUARY 22, 2022

In 2019, China was caught secretly installing spyware on tourists’ phones who entered from the Xinjiang region. In addition, research group Citizen Lab found that China’s My2022 Olympic app , which all attendees are required to install, is full of security holes that could lead to privacy breaches, surveillance, and hacking.

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Dataconomy

JUNE 2, 2023

Kaspersky researchers discovered a previously unknown mobile APT campaign targeting iOS devices. Due to the peculiarities of blocking iOS updates on infected devices, we have not yet found an effective way to remove spyware without losing user data.

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Dataconomy

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Researchers from Malwarebytes have uncovered a concerning trend where hackers are exploiting Bing Chat’s ad-serving capabilities to expose users to malicious advertisements, putting their online safety at risk. cfd) whose purpose is to filter traffic and separate real victims from bots, sandboxes, or security researchers.

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SecureWorld News

JUNE 15, 2020

And research shows this phenomenon accelerated because of COVID-19. And here's more on banking trojans: "In another scenario, banking trojans can be used as a “dropper” to install malware onto a user’s phone, particularly spyware (aka stalkerware). It ranks right up there with the DMV. Banking trojans and fake banking app threats.

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CTOvision

JULY 6, 2015

Executive Profile: Lisa Dezzutti, Founder and President of Market Connections Gov Con Executive (Today) - Lisa Dezzutti is the founder and president of Market Connections, a Chantilly, Virginia-based market research firm. Dezzutti has been instrumental in Market Connections’ efforts to provide views and trends to government.

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CTOvision

AUGUST 16, 2016

Research Team. 5 Free Tools to Prevent Viruses and Spyware from Crippling Your PC (pcrichard.com). Dell Inc is privately owned. So it is hard to say what their exact size is, but before being delisted they were number 51 on the Fortune 500 list, so they have mass. Dell is offering $370 off its Inspiron 3650 desktop PC right now!

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SecureWorld News

MARCH 29, 2024

Just to illustrate the scope of the issue, the Malwarebytes Threat Intelligence team spotted more than 800 malvertising campaigns in only the first six months of 2023, noting that the number of attacks that flew under researchers' radar was likely much higher.

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SecureWorld News

AUGUST 16, 2023

We normalize the use of surveilling and tracking young people through "parentware" or spyware (software which allows someone to see what someone else is doing on their device) and apps which enable the tracking of someone's location. A common example of this is surveillance.

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SecureWorld News

APRIL 12, 2022

The Israeli-based company—known for its Pegasus spyware that has been used to target journalists, politicians, and executives all over the world—was blacklisted by the United States government in November 2021. Interestingly enough, there is a much smaller vendor who sells a nearly identical spyware tool to government clients, named QuaDream.

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SecureWorld News

JULY 27, 2023

Whether this rise is part of the overall trend, a fluctuation relative to other malware activity like ransomware and spyware, or a genuine increase in this specific threat, is hard to say without more research.

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The Verge

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

Now Apple has followed WhatsApp and its parent company Meta (formerly known as Facebook) in suing Pegasus spyware maker NSO Group. That needs to change.Apple devices are the most secure consumer hardware on the market — but private companies developing state-sponsored spyware have become even more dangerous.”

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Gizmodo

JANUARY 27, 2022

Research published earlier this week shows that a nasty Android banking malware has evolved, bringing with it a number of alarming new features—including the ability to factory reset your device after stealing your money. Read more.

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CTOvision

DECEMBER 4, 2014

Researchers develop new imaging technology for cancer detection. Regin, new computer spyware, discovered by Symantec. Read more on Macon Telegraph (blog). Angry Birds, Clash of Clans, Monument Valley and Kim Kardashian: Hollywood are among the iOS apps taking part in Apple’s latest fundraising drive for Aids charity Red.

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The Verge

JULY 18, 2021

The numbers on the list were singled out for possible surveillance by countries who are clients of NSO, the report states, which markets its spyware to governments to track potential terrorists and criminals. It’s not the first time NSO’s Pegasus spyware has been accused of being part of a larger surveillance campaign.

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Galido

MAY 23, 2019

As long as it is enabled on your phone you will always be protected from any unwanted spyware and bugs. Additionally, we have a team of researchers who keep an eye on brand new types of advertising every day so that we can keep improving our product for you. Does it Work For Windows?

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