IT Sec News updates – Spyware Attacks

The Verge

The restrictions would affect 13 people associated with spyware companies, according to the State Department.

The Verge

As Infosecurity Magazine notes, this is part of a broader effort to crack down on commercial spyware companies. In March, the Treasury Department …

Euronews.com

The use of spyware in Poland under the previous government resulted in accusations that the authorities were abusing power and eroding democratic …

Courthouse News Service

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland's prosecutor general told the Parliament on Wednesday that the powerful Pegasus spyware was used against hundreds of …

CBC

Citizen Lab founder and director Ron Deibert reflects on what's changed in the world of spyware, surveillance, and social media since he delivered …

The Leavenworth Times

Teen journalists push back on spyware installed on their devices … To quote Pink Floyd: Leave them kids alone! That was my reaction to a story about …

Yahoo News UK

ATHENS (Reuters) -Greece will soon ban the sale of spyware, the conservative government said on Monday, after a newspaper report that more than 30 …

Linklr

The State Department will soon impose visa restrictions on people who it says have been involved in the development of spyware.

Senate Committee on Foreign Relations – Senate.gov

… spyware is enabling authorities to surveil, censor, and intimidate critics both at home and abroad. Autocratic and illiberal leaders continue to …

JD Supra

It is essentially spyware. ByteDance vows to sue. How contradictory. A foreign adversary suing for its constitutional rights in the U.S.. [View …