IT Sec News updates – Spyware Attacks

Data Center Knowledge

The Biden administration on Tuesday added the foreign commercial spyware companies Intellexa and Cytrox to a federal “entity list” that prohibits …

Washington Post

The additions to the “Entity List” come after President Biden signed an executive order on spyware this year.

Gizmodo

The move is yet another attempt by the Biden administration to clean up the ethically bankrupt spyware industry before it spins totally out of control …

The Hacker News

APT41, a China-linked nation-state actor, has been linked to two new Android spyware strains, WyrmSpy and DragonEgg.

Bleeping Computer

The U.S. government has banned European commercial spyware manufacturers Intellexa and Cytrox, citing risks to U.S. national security and foreign …

BankInfoSecurity

The U.S. government has added two more commercial spyware vendors – Cytrox and Intellexa – to its list of organizations that face restrictions if …

Duo Security

As the commercial spyware market continues to grow, public and private sector organizations are considering all their options – from financial …

The Record by Recorded Future

The Russian hacking group Turla is attacking Ukrainian defense forces with spying malware, according to new research from the country's computer …

Security Boulevard

The U.S. Commerce Department now has a “presumption of denial” against two more commercial spyware vendors in the mold of Israel's NSO Group.

The Record by Recorded Future

The infamous Chinese hacking group tracked as APT41 has been using two newly-identified spyware strains to infect Android devices, …