IT Sec News updates – Spyware Attacks

BetaNews

Spyware is a malware that covertly monitors an individual's device and their activities by gathering information from a variety of common sensors — …

International Consortium of Investigative Journalists

The Intellexa consortium is a complex network of companies that has sold spyware technology to several repressive regimes, including a paramilitary …

AccessNow

The Intellexa consortium is infamous for its invasive spyware Predator, which has been used to target civil society members and politicians globally.

BankInfoSecurity

Apple wants to dismiss its 2021 lawsuit against Israeli spyware maker NSO Group out of concern that continuing the lawsuit could expose sensitive …

Homeland Security Today

The DoS announced in a press release today a number of sanctions against the Intellexa Commercial Spyware Consortium.

teiss

On Monday, the US Treasury Department announced new sanctions targeting the Intellexa Consortium, known for its controversial Predator spyware.

MSN

The US government has initiated a new round of sanctions against commercial spyware makers and their organizations. In a press release published …

Regulation Asia

The sanctions target five individuals and an entity for their roles in developing, operating, and distributing commercial spyware technology …

MSN

The US government has initiated a new round of sanctions against commercial spyware makers and their organizations.

Infosecurity Magazine

In a sample sextortion email obtained by Cofense, attackers also claimed to have access to the Pegasus spyware application and have installed it on …