IT Sec News updates – Spyware Attacks

June 1, 2024
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No Convenient Forum? Spyware Companies' Efforts to Kick Victims' Cases out of U.S. Court

Commercial spyware is a dictator's dream come true. Spyware can give attackers total access to a device's contents—text messages, photos, …

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Updated LightSpy spyware for macOS emerges – SC Magazine

Included within the new LightSpy spyware version were 10 plugins for exfiltrating browser history, installed apps, audio recordings, and other system …

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Russian, Belarusian opposition hit with Pegasus spyware in Vilnius – LRT

Russian and Belarusian journalists and activists living in Latvia, Lithuania, and Poland were targeted by the Pegasus spyware, according to a new …

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Exiled Russian and Belarusian journalists targeted with Pegasus – TVP World

The Israeli-made spyware shot to prominence in Poland after a Citizen Lab investigation found that a number of people linked to the then opposition …

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At least seven Kremlin critics targeted with spyware inside European Union – WION

In its report, Access Now said on Thursday an investigation by the NGO revealed that the use of Pegasus (a hacking spyware made by Israel's NSO …

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New Pegasus spying cases found in Eastern Europe | Cybernews

CitizenLab and Access Now have found traces of Pegasus spyware on the phones of seven Russian and Belarusian independent journalists and activists …

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Pegasus: Journalists critical of Putin in the EU attacked with spyware | heise online

For years, exiled journalists and activists from Russia and Belarus have been attacked with spyware. Their iPhones could have protected them.

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Operation Endgame: Hackers' hideouts exposed. – CyberWire

spyware. Okta warns users of credential stuffing attacks. NIST hopes to clear out the NVD backlog. On our Threat Vector segment, host David …

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Europol shuts down malware dropper ring linked to at least $75M in stolen crypto

Malware droppers play a critical role in the deployment of harmful software, such as viruses, ransomware, and spyware. These droppers allow …

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Over 600K US routers compromised in 2023 malware attack | SC Media

Updated LightSpy spyware for macOS emerges · SC Staff May 31, 2024. Cybernews reports that updates have been introduced to the LightSpy surveillance …

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