IT Sec News updates – Spyware Attacks

Infosecurity Magazine

An updated version of the Android GravityRAT spyware targeting WhatsApp backups has been discovered by security researchers at ESET.

The Record by Recorded Future

A widow of the slain Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi filed suit against the spyware purveyor NSO Group on Thursday, alleging that by placing …

The Hill

Following Khashoggi's killing, Elatr was put under house arrest in Dubai before going into hiding in the U.S.. Elatr's suit says the spyware “caused …

Reuters

The widow of murdered Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi says in a lawsuit that surveillance software built by the Israeli surveillance company NSO …

Asia Sentinel

The world's most sophisticated spyware Pegasus, a so-called “zero-click” program capable of reading text messages, tracking calls, …

The Shift News

After a year of investigations into the illicit use of spyware in the European Union, MEPs this week overwhelmingly on a resolution calling for …

Bloomberg Law News

The widow of murdered Washington Post contributing columnist Jamal Khashoggi is suing spyware maker NSO Group, alleging that her phones had been …

Yahoo News

Hanan Elatr is accusing the NSO Group of violating federal and Virginia hacking laws and negligence in selling its Pegasus spyware to hostile foreign …

Financial Times

The Israeli weapons and spyware falling into the hands of despots. Two books raise serious questions about the country's exports of intelligence …

Bloomberg Law News

The widow of murdered journalist Jamal Khashoggi is suing spyware maker NSO Group, alleging that her phones had been infiltrated in the lead-up to …