IT Sec News updates – Spyware Attacks

The Hacker News

U.S. Department of Treasury sanctions individuals and entities of the Intellexa Alliance for distributing spyware.

Yahoo

The Treasury Department on Tuesday banned a notorious creator of software that can hack smartphones and turn them into surveillance devices from …

Ford Foundation

Apple and philanthropies partner to address the harms of spyware on civil society.

PR Newswire

PRNewswire/ — Today, leading philanthropies in partnership with Apple announced over $4 million in grants through the Spyware Accountability …

ICIJ

The U.S. Treasury sanctioned the cyber-surveillance group and two of its key leaders, Tal Dilian and Sara Hamou, for proliferating spyware use …

BankInfoSecurity

The Treasury Department announced sanctions against Intellexa, the maker of a popular package of spyware tools and technologies known as Predator, …

SC Magazine

Operators of the Predator spyware and associated organizations have been sanctioned by the U.S. Department of the Treasury.

MeriTalk

… spyware technology to target American citizens. The March 5 announcement says that the Greece-based commercial technology company has sold the spyware …

UPI

The United States has announced sanctions against two people and five entities linked to a commercial spyware consortium, …

Infosecurity Magazine

The US government has announced further action against commercial spyware makers by sanctioning two people and five “entities” associated with the …