IT Sec News updates – Spyware Attacks

Check Point Blog – Check Point Software

The surge in mobile device usage within organizations has inevitably opened the floodgates to a new kind of cyber threat—mobile spyware.

The Hacker News

“In 2021, Predator spyware couldn't survive a reboot on the infected Android system (it had it on iOS),” Cisco Talos researchers Mike Gentile, Asheer …

SecurityBrief New Zealand

ESET's latest report highlights an environment riddled with significant security incidents, AI-themed attacks and Android spyware cases.

Cybernews

Poland's state TV service TVP used SMS messages stolen from an opposition politician using the Pegasus spyware to smear him.

Ipi.media

… spyware scandal and renews its calls for measures to combat vexatious lawsuits against the press in Greece. On 24 November, Grigoris Dimitriadis …

Washington Post

Spyware use expanded into bold new areas in 2023, from a Russian journalist to the U.S. Congress to countries it hadn't been seen in before. The Biden …

PBS

From the use of spyware on human rights activists and journalists to a surge in deadly crashes involving large trucks, The FRONTLINE Dispatch …

Gridinsoft

When it comes to functionality, Wacatac is mostly a spyware or stealer malware. Some of the sub specimens may be distinctive for using Discord …

Washington Post

The UAE, a longtime Saudi ally, has denied allegations that it planted Pegasus spyware on Elatr's devices or spied on civil society activists and …

Digital Journal

Some sites infiltrate devices with viruses or spyware hidden within media files. Stick to publishers that guarantee all imagery is free of bugs …