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State of malware: 3 key findings in the latest Malwarebytes report

Tech Republic Security

Spyware activity spiked in 2020, and the malware-as-a-service business model got more sophisticated.

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A New-ish Mobile Attack: Zero-Click Spyware

SecureWorld News

Bloomberg is reporting that in July 2020, an Azerbaijani journalist was the victim of a zero-click attack, commonly used by governments to target political opponents. The app then connected to a malicious server and downloaded spyware to the phone, listening in on calls and viewing text messages for nearly a year and a half.

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Dozens of Al Jazeera journalists targeted in apparent iOS spyware attack

The Verge

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. In July 2020, the exploit chain was a zero-day. Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge. iOS 14 is not thought to be vulnerable.

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Pegasus Spyware Used to Target 30 Pro-Democracy Activists in Thailand

SecureWorld News

The controversial Pegasus spyware continues to stay in the news cycle, as a new report from the Citizen Lab details how the technology was used to target pro-democracy activists in Thailand. The increase in surveillance also means the use of Pegasus spyware. Pegasus spyware in Thailand.

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Amazon Web Services bans accounts linked with Pegasus spyware

The Verge

Amazon Web Services (AWS) has banned NSO Group, the company behind the Pegasus spyware program. Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge. Vice reported the ban this morning, the day after a sweeping report alleged Pegasus was used to target the phones of human rights activists and journalists.

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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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Pegasus spyware used to target phones of journalists and activists, investigation finds

The Verge

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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