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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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

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

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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IT Toolbox

APRIL 16, 2024

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. Security researchers have uncovered a new cyber espionage campaign primarily targeting iPhone users in South Asia.

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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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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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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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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

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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TechSpot

DECEMBER 3, 2021

Reuters' sources indicated that US officials, either based in Uganda or working on issues concerning Uganda, received warnings from Apple that their iPhones were being targeted with spyware from Israel-based NSO over the last several months.

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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

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

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

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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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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Network World

JUNE 19, 2017

The latest example comes from Mexico, showing how powerful spyware was used to target journalists investigating high-level official corruption and human rights defenders investigating government-sponsored human rights abuses. Why target a kid? To spy on his mother. To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here

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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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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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IT Toolbox

JANUARY 19, 2017

This post looks at a few ways to avoid getting spyware.

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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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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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IT Toolbox

OCTOBER 20, 2022

Cybersecurity professional Bruce Schneier: “Everyone visiting Qatar for the World Cup needs to install spyware on their phone.”. The post Experts Cite Privacy Risks From Two Qatari Apps Required for FIFA World Cup Visitors appeared first on Spiceworks.

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Network World

APRIL 3, 2017

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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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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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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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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CTOvision

MAY 16, 2019

Since WhatsApp was acquired by Facebook in 2014, users of the messaging app have long speculated on how secure the platform would be from its new parent company’s data collection practices.

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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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Information Week

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

While furiously trying to put out one fire -- fake news -- the social media giant is dealing with another growing threat: spies for hire.

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Tech Republic Security

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Designed to combat zero-day flaws exploited in Apple's operating systems, the patch applies to the iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch and Mac.

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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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Network World

MAY 16, 2019

WhatsApp’s recent spyware hack took advantage of a security vulnerability and allowed attackers to access private, digital communication. In this episode of TECH(feed), Juliet walks through the hack, who was affected and how you can secure your devices ASAP.

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CTOvision

APRIL 28, 2014

They do what it takes to get in, including devising very sophisticated phishing schemes, creating spyware, placing code in RAM, leaving hacker tools, installing rootkits and continually adjusting/re-placing spyware. The exact code will of course vary, but they will implant it in your enterprise. Then it will communicate out.

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Tech Republic Security

DECEMBER 22, 2023

ESET's latest report highlights the abuse of the ChatGPT name, the rise of the Lumma Stealer malware and the Android SpinOk SDK spyware.

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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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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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