IT Sec News updates – Spyware Attacks

Dark Reading

Commercial Spyware Vendors Have a Copycat in Top Russian APT. Russia's Midnight Blizzard infected Mongolian government websites to try to compromise …

Infosecurity Magazine

In a campaign targeting Mongolian government websites, Russian-backed APT29 leveraged exploits previously used by spyware vendors NSO Group and …

Dark Reading

Russia's Midnight Blizzard infected Mongolian government websites to try to compromise the devices of visitors, using watering-hole tactics.

The Hill

These laws effectively turn Apple-approved, China-based apps into spyware for the Chinese government. Apple must fix this problem. The company …

Duo Security

APT29 Watering Hole Attacks Used Spyware Exploits … The Russian-based APT29 group was seen using the same iOS and Google Chrome exploits as commercial …

Techopedia

A report from Google researchers has revealed that APT29 hacking campaigns and spyware developers have used similar infiltration techniques.

OODA Loop

Google Catches Russian APT Reusing Exploits From Spyware Merchants NSO Group, Intellexa … Researchers at Google have found signs that a Russian threat …

Computerwoche

… spyware. A beta version of a spyware protection tool based on Giant Company”s technology is due to be released in January for Windows 2000 and …

Daily Mail

Worse still, this Russian espionage campaign appears to have leveraged commercial 'spyware' developed by a Greek cyber intelligence firm — that had …

MSN

Google's Threat Analysis Group (TAG) has spotted an interesting pattern: A Kremlin-linked cyber-espionage crew and commercial spyware makers …