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Google’s Threat Analysis Group’s Spyware Research: How CSVs Target Devices and Applications

Tech Republic Security

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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Sophisticated Android Spyware Targets Users in Russia

Information Week

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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Notorious iOS spyware has an Android sibling

Network World

Security researchers have uncovered the Android version of an iOS spyware known as Pegasus in a case that shows how targeted electronic surveillance can be. Fortunately, the spyware never hit the mainstream. It was installed less than three dozen times on victim devices, most of which were located in Israel, according to Google.

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New Android spyware can record your voice, take photos with your camera, and steal app data

Tech Republic Security

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

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There's now a tool to test for NSA spyware

Network World

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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Skygofree Android spyware active since 2014, say researchers

Computer Weekly

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

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LightSpy Spyware Campaign Targets iPhones Across South Asia

IT Toolbox

Security researchers have uncovered a new cyber espionage campaign primarily targeting iPhone users in South Asia. Find out more about the spyware implant and the risk it poses to Apple devices. The post LightSpy Spyware Campaign Targets iPhones Across South Asia appeared first on Spiceworks Inc.

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