SecureWorld News

JULY 20, 2023

Commerce Department's Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) has taken significant action to address the escalating concern surrounding the misuse of surveillance technology by foreign entities. This move targets the activities of spyware vendors that pose a serious threat to the privacy and security of individuals and organizations worldwide.

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SecureWorld News

JULY 8, 2022

Apple announced plans to launch a new security feature called "Lockdown Mode" that will be available this fall when Apple releases its annual iOS update. Apple also established a new category in its Apple Security Bounty program that will reward those who find security flaws in Lockdown Mode. Apple and NSO Group have a history.

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The Verge

JULY 23, 2021

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. Wait, who made this list?

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SecureWorld News

JANUARY 9, 2025

Richard Staynings , Chief Security Strategist for IoT security company Cylera and teaching professor for cybersecurity at the University of Denver, provides comments throughout. government than anything else," said Staynings. Agencies must report any compromises involving foreign spyware over the past two years.

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The Verge

JULY 19, 2021

Amazon Web Services (AWS) has banned NSO Group, the company behind the Pegasus spyware program. As the report describes it, NSO would deploy Pegasus malware through a series of malicious subdomains, exploiting security weaknesses on services like iMessage. Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge.

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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. One in eight government employees were exposed to phishing threats. Federal workers have more restrictions on BYOD devices.

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The Verge

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

The US Department of Commerce has ordered American companies to not sell their tech to NSO, citing reports that the group’s Pegasus spyware is used against journalists, government officials, activists, and more. NSO isn’t the only company being added to the entity list on Thursday.

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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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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. This took place after security agents at the Dubai airport had confiscated the phone from Elatr.

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Network World

APRIL 12, 2017

A previously unknown Microsoft Office vulnerability was recently used to deliver spyware to Russian-speaking targets, in a possible case of cyberespionage. Security firm FireEye noticed the intrusion attempt, which taps a critical software flaw that hackers are using to craft malicious Microsoft Word documents.

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Cloud Musings

DECEMBER 14, 2014

Johnson Cyber security is rapidly becoming a significant issue in the C-suite as well as the population at large. The results of Dell’s Global Technology Adoption Index(GTAI) [1] show that security is a top concern for most of the 2000 global small and medium businesses surveyed. from the government. by Sandra K.

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GeekWire

DECEMBER 21, 2020

The brief outlines how private-sector offensive actors (PSOAs) such as NSO Group are “dangerous” and “powerful” because they allegedly sell cyberweapons to government customers and aim to receive legal immunity as a result. The Facebook-owned messaging platform sued NSO Group last year over the exploit.

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CTOvision

DECEMBER 4, 2014

Regin, new computer spyware, discovered by Symantec. A leading computer security company says it has discovered one of the most sophisticated pieces of malicious software ever seen. Symantec says the bug, named Regin, was probably created by a government and has been used for six years against a range … Read more on BBC News.

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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. The company was blacklisted by the US government , severely limiting how it can do business with tech companies based in the States. Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge.

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Dataconomy

MARCH 27, 2025

The operation took aim at numerous Russian targets, striking at media houses, academic institutions, and government entities alike, with stealth and precision. Horrifyingly, this spyware break-in went virtually unnoticed. The crew behind Operation Academy Stealer did their homework. Simplicity belies the danger of such exploits.

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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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CTOvision

JULY 6, 2015

Google-style recruiting — even in government FCW (Today) - Hire people who are better than you, and make sure they’re smart and curious, says Google exec Laszlo Bock.Google is famous for its culture of work as play. Dezzutti has been instrumental in Market Connections’ efforts to provide views and trends to government.

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SecureWorld News

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

The infamous Israel-based NSO Group, known for its hacking spyware Pegasus, was placed on the United States Government's Entity List for engaging in malicious cyber activities, along with three other foreign companies, Candiru, Computer Security Initiative Consultancy PTE (COSEINC), and Positive Technologies.

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SecureWorld News

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

In a groundbreaking investigative report, the European Investigative Collaborations (EIC) media network, with technical assistance from Amnesty International's Security Lab, has exposed the shocking extent of the global surveillance crisis and the glaring inadequacies of EU regulation in curbing it. Leighton said.

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Computerworld Vertical IT

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

Apple has punched back against the “amoral” surveillance as a service industry of smartphone snoopers, filing suit against the NSO Group and its owner, Q Cyber Technologies, and taking steps to further secure digital lives. Israeli firm NSO Group is a spyware firm that provides surveillance services to governments.

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Computerworld Vertical IT

APRIL 21, 2023

With that in mind, it’s no surprise that the Apple ecosystem is fighting back in a big way against the mercenary spyware companies that have made headlines recently. They know that these technologies tend to proliferate, which is why most firms are now engaged in finding new ways to fight back.

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The Verge

OCTOBER 22, 2021

The Commerce Department outlined the change in a press release on Wednesday, which requires US companies to have a license in order to sell spyware and other hacking software to countries “of national security or weapons of mass destruction concern.”. The rule is complex and purposefully so.

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Gizmodo

MARCH 28, 2022

Long accused of helping authoritarian governments to spy on political dissidents and activists, the creepy surveillance company has abruptly shut down amidst an ongoing investigation into its business dealings. FinFisher is no more. Read more.

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Galido

JUNE 17, 2018

Net neutrality is the principle that governments have put in place directing Internet Service Providers (ISP) to treat all internet traffic the same. This is not entirely the case since the security of your web information is at risk after repealing net neutrality. Cyber Security Dangers. Conclusion.

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SecureWorld News

OCTOBER 21, 2022

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. This led the United States government, along with Australia, Canada, and the U.K., Iranian cyber actors draw international attention.

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SecureWorld News

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

And Apple's Head of Security Engineering and Architecture was extremely blunt when he announced the lawsuit on Twitter. 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.".

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Dataconomy

OCTOBER 18, 2023

F-Secure, a renowned cybersecurity firm, has delved into the depths of SpyNote and released a report shedding light on its workings. Spyware like SpyNote can cause real damage to you ( Image Credit ) Banking to camera access SpyNote’s varied set of dangers is particularly concerning.

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Computerworld Vertical IT

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

As if recent revelations about NSO Group weren’t bad enough, yet another Israeli firm — QuaDream — has now been accused of using the same hack to undermine iPhone security. The company is smaller than NSO Group, but also sells smartphone hacking tools to governments. QuaDream also used the hack, Reuters claims.

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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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Gizmodo

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

NSO Group, an Israeli surveillance company whose spyware has been peddled to authoritarian governments around the world, has been sanctioned by the U.S. Commerce Department. The new restrictions, which the agency announced in a press release Wednesday, will limit the degree to which American firms can provide parts or… Read more.

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SecureWorld News

JANUARY 23, 2021

government recently sent out roughly 800,000 laptops to disadvantaged students who may not have access to one at home. We take all matters of security extremely seriously. Paul Moore, an information security consultant, says that this worm is a serious threat to any PC or network. a worm discovered by Microsoft in 2012.

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SecureWorld News

JULY 11, 2022

The United States government has attributed the hack to a North Korean state-sponsored advanced persistent threat (APT) known as the Lazarus Group. The offer was emailed as a PDF document, and once it was downloaded, spyware infected the company's systems.

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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. The company sells its surveillance technology to governments around the world. The spyware also accessed the LocationSupport.framework and CoreLocation.framework, which can be used to track the user’s location.

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Galido

FEBRUARY 19, 2017

The modern and common types of malware, such as the viruses, worms, spyware, adware, Trojans, and Zombies, primarily target confidential personal, business, or financial information. The victims could be big companies, small agencies, governments, or even individual users. Thicken the Security Layer of Your Browser.

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SecureWorld News

MARCH 29, 2024

This ends up executing sketchy code that installs viruses, ransomware, spyware, or adware behind the victim's back. These security checks often fail to identify black hat schemes, though. Ad blockers are worthwhile as long as they are backed by proper ethics and DevOps security best practices.

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Dataconomy

JUNE 2, 2023

Cold times : At the same time as Kaspersky’s investigation, Russia’s FSB (Federal Security Service) intelligence and security agency has made claims that Apple is working with the NSA. It’s crucial to secure your mobile devices against this and similar APT tactics.

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The Verge

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

And the reality is that over time there are growing threats to people’s privacy — hackers, hostile governments, criminals. It’s completely secure. We wanted to see if we could find a way to add the same level of end-to-end encrypted security that you get when you send a message across WhatsApp to those backups. How do you do it?

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