Tech Republic Security

APRIL 12, 2024

Apple recommends that iPhone users install software updates, use strong passwords and 2FA, and don’t open links or attachments from suspicious emails to keep their device safe from spyware.

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Tech Republic Security

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

In a new report from Google's Threat Analysis Group, the researchers detail how commercial surveillance vendors particularly use spyware and target Google and Apple devices.

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Tech Republic Security

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

It’s a cat-and-mouse struggle as tech giants Microsoft and Apple deal with persistent threats from China state actors and Pegasus spyware.

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IT Toolbox

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

The post Massachusetts DPH Sued for Forcefully Installing Spyware on One Million Android Devices appeared first on. NCLA accused Massachusetts DPH of secretly installing a contact-tracing app on the device of individuals who reside in or have traveled to or through Massachusetts since June 15, 2021.

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SecureWorld News

APRIL 15, 2024

Apple has escalated its fight against the commercial spyware industry enabling state actors to conduct highly-targeted cyberattacks against journalists, activists, politicians, and other high-risk individuals around the world. These types of attacks have victims in every country in the world." Just last month, the U.S.

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TechSpot

JULY 11, 2024

Apple has warned iPhone users in 98 countries of potential mercenary spyware attacks. This follows a similar threat notification issued in April to users in 92 nations, suggesting that the problem of spyware is growing or at least not being curtailed. Read Entire Article

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The Verge

DECEMBER 27, 2021

Several members of political opposition groups in Poland have produced evidence that they were hacked by Pegasus spyware, raising alarming questions about the Polish government’s use of the software. In both cases, traces of Pegasus spyware were found on the targets’ devices. a threat to “the rules-based international order”.

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SecureWorld News

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Alarming details have emerged about the exploitation of two Zero-Day vulnerabilities to deploy NSO Group's Pegasus commercial spyware on iPhones. Pegasus spyware and the controversial NSO Group Over the past few years, NSO Group, an Israeli spyware company, has been at the center of numerous controversies.

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Tech Republic Security

JUNE 27, 2022

Some spyware vendors are collaborating with ISPs to ensure their targets are successfully compromised. The post Spyware vendor targets iOS and Android in Italy and Kazakhstan, collaborates with ISP appeared first on TechRepublic. Read more about how to protect yourself from similar threats.

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TechSpot

DECEMBER 30, 2023

A new report from Kaspersky's security team outlines all the currently known details of "Triangulation," arguably the most sophisticated iOS spyware ever discovered. The most intriguing detail is that it relies on exploits hidden so deeply that virtually no one outside of Apple could have known about them. Read Entire Article

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TechSpot

APRIL 11, 2024

In its message, Apple warned users that they were targets of "a mercenary spyware attack" to compromise their iPhones remotely. However, anonymous sources told TechCrunch that iPhone owners in India are among those receiving the alerts. Read Entire Article

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Tech Republic Security

JULY 20, 2021

iPhones have been compromised by the NSO Group's Pegasus spyware. Should you be worried? That depends on who you ask.

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TechSpot

MARCH 3, 2024

US District Judge Phyllis Hamilton has ordered NSO Group to hand over its code for Pegasus and other spyware products to WhatsApp – something. WhatsApp has won a major legal victory in a US court over the Israeli company NSO Group, which makes a highly sophisticated cyber weapon called Pegasus. Read Entire Article

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Tech Republic Security

APRIL 27, 2021

The spyware tries to steal passwords and other sensitive data and accesses your contact list, warns the U.K.'s s National Cyber Security Centre.

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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. Could Spain be spying on its own people?

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TechSpot

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Watchdog group Citizen Lab recently found two zero-day iPhone vulnerabilities that allow Pegasus spyware a way into the device. The flaws were used to spy on an unnamed individual employed by a Washington DC civil society organization, abusing an exploit chain the researchers referred to as BLASTPASS. Read Entire Article

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TechSpot

JUNE 27, 2022

A report from Google's Threat Analysis Team describes how Italian company RCS Labs distributes its Hermit spyware on behalf of clients which include national governments. It aligns with Lookout Threat Lab's report from earlier this month.

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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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TechSpot

MARCH 28, 2023

President Biden has signed an executive order that should effectively prevent the US government and any federal agencies from acquiring or licensing commercial spyware tools that have been previously used by other countries for purposes such as systematic surveillance of key officials, journalists, academics, or dissident voices among the general.

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SecureWorld News

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

The unsuspecting victims of the illegal spyware sold by tech CEO Patrick Hinchy felt the painful sting of this violation of privacy firsthand, as their every call, text, location, and online activity was being monitored without their knowledge or consent.

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Information Week

AUGUST 8, 2024

Researchers say "LianSpy" malware has been in use in a covert data gathering operation that's gone undetected for at least three years.

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TechSpot

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Google's Threat Analysis Group (TAG) reports that a Barcelona company sold spyware exploiting Chrome, Firefox, and Windows Defender vulnerabilities to conduct contract surveillance on target PCs.

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Gizmodo

JULY 24, 2021

WhatsApp chief Will Cathcart has said that findings from the new investigation into NSO Group’s Pegasus spyware coincide with what the app learned about an attack on its users in 2019. Cathcart also questioned NSO’s claim that a list of thousands of phone numbers central to the investigation is an exaggeration,… Read more.

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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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Gizmodo

JULY 20, 2021

If you’ve been watching the news this week you may have heard something about the NSO Group, an Israeli spyware firm that currently stands accused of helping bad actors to hack journalists, politicians, and human rights activists throughout the world. Read more.

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The Verge

DECEMBER 21, 2020

36 personal phones belonging to Al Jazeera journalists, producers, anchors, and executives were hacked in a spyware campaign between July and August 2020, a new report from Citizen Lab alleges. Using this software, Citizen Lab, noticed that his phone visited a suspected installation server for NSO Group’s spyware.

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TechSpot

APRIL 19, 2023

The spyware is said to have been deployed last year against. The report about the renewed threat posed by Pegasus comes from Citizen Lab, which is based at the University of Toronto in Canada. The new version of Pegasus affects iPhones running iOS 15 and early versions of iOS 16. Read Entire Article

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Gizmodo

JULY 19, 2021

Amazon has cut off web hosting services for the NSO Group, an Israeli spyware firm that has been widely accused of aiding in the surveillance of journalists and political dissidents. Read more.

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The Verge

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

The FBI has confirmed to The Washington Post that the agency had a license to use NSO’s Pegasus spyware and that it tested out the software’s capabilities. Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge. Since the initial reports came out last summer, NSO has faced near-constant difficulties.

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Computer Weekly

JANUARY 16, 2018

Powerful, highly advanced spyware has been targeting Android mobiles for the past four years, security researchers have discovered

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TechSpot

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

On Wednesday, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced a ban against spyware developer Support King and CEO Scott Zuckerman from operating in the surveillance industry. The FTC claims that Support King's SpyFone app secretly collected and shared personal information from devices "through a hidden device hack." The Commission said that.

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The Verge

DECEMBER 22, 2020

Facebook-owned WhatsApp sued the spyware vendor last year, alleging that its software was used to hack 1,400 devices via a vulnerability in the messaging service. Multiple reports over the years have alleged that NSO Group’s spyware has been used against targets ranging from journalists and political dissidents.

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Gizmodo

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

authorities are calling for it to be sanctioned , but EU officials have a different idea for how to handle Pegasus spyware: just ban that s**t entirely. Israeli authorities say it should be probed and U.S. Read more.

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Dataconomy

OCTOBER 18, 2023

Spyware like SpyNote can cause real damage to you ( Image Credit ) Banking to camera access SpyNote’s varied set of dangers is particularly concerning. Here are some crucial actions to take to protect yourself from spyware: Be Cautious of Downloads: Avoid downloading apps or files from untrusted sources.

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Gizmodo

JULY 18, 2021

A list of more than 50,000 phone numbers and a subsequent investigation has led a consortium of 17 news organizations to believe that NSO Group’s Pegasus spyware was used to attempt or successfully carry out hacks on the phones of journalists, human rights activists, and more. Read more.

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Gizmodo

OCTOBER 8, 2021

NSO Group, the notorious Israeli spyware vendor, will no longer allow its clients to hack citizens of the United Kingdom, sources close to the company told The Guardian this week. The changes have been “hard-coded” into NSO’s infamous malware, Pegasus, and will make future targeting of UK-based phone numbers… Read more.

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Gizmodo

APRIL 5, 2022

NSO Group, the creepy spyware firm known for selling its services to authoritarian governments throughout the world, is in trouble again. A new report shows that the company’s most notorious malware, Pegasus, was used to hack the iPhone of a Jordanian journalist in December. The hack occurred several weeks after… Read more.

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