IT Sec News updates – Spyware Attacks

Freedom of the Press Foundation

News broke last week that exiled Russian investigative journalist Galina Timchenko's phone was infected with NSO Group's Pegasus spyware while she …

Washington Post

… spyware. On Monday, I sat down with journalists from her news organization, Meduza, and with an expert from Access Now, which helped uncover the …

Middle East Monitor

The investigation included interviews with sources from Israel's offensive cyber and security systems, and defence industries. The new spyware …

ohchr

… spyware programmes; targeted and mass surveillance, including gait and facial-recognition; cyber-attacks and Government-sponsored troll factories …

Law360

A Missouri federal judge has thrown out a proposed class action alleging Bloomingdale's Inc. violated privacy and wiretap laws by using malicious …

Yahoo News

Many of the new features are aimed at protecting iPhone owners who are at greater risk of cyberattacks and spyware, like journalists, activists and …

HotHardware

youtube pakistani hackers using android apps to deliver spyware One of the CapraRAT APKs steals YouTube's icon and loads YouTube in a webpage in …

Osservatorio Balcani Caucaso

Stavros Malichudis, a reporter covering migration, is one of the journalists who had reportedly been targeted with spyware for investigating the …

Bleeping Computer

… spyware tool. APT36 is a Pakistan-aligned threat actor known for using malicious or laced Android apps to attack Indian defense and government …

In-Cyprus

… spyware, detailing how he was allegedly monitored by the state, starting in February 2018. During this time, Drousiotis was serving as an …