IT Sec News updates – Spyware Attacks

The Guardian

State department policy will allow US to impose visa restrictions on individuals involved in misuse of spyware.

Axios

… spyware. Why it matters: The move marks an escalation in the Biden administration's effort to curtail abuses of commercial spyware, including …

WOKV

“The United States remains concerned with the growing misuse of commercial spyware around the world to facilitate repression, restrict the free flow …

CyberScoop

Last year, President Joe Biden signed an executive order banning federal agencies from using commercial spyware that poses a national-security risk to …

The Washington Post

… allow it to impose visa restrictions on foreign individuals involved in the misuse of commercial spyware.

The Hill

… spyware. The visa restrictions can be levied against those involved in the use of commercial spyware “to target, arbitrarily or unlawfully surveil …

Nextgov/FCW

The move builds on several actions taken by the Biden administration in the past year to counter abusive commercial spyware practices.

Defense One

Commercial spyware is a national-security threat, White House officials said Monday, announcing visa restrictions on foreign actors who misuse it …

Yahoo Finance

“The United States remains concerned with the growing misuse of commercial spyware around the world to facilitate repression, restrict the free flow …

Yahoo Finance

The United States on Monday announced a new visa restriction policy for those it said were misusing commercial spyware. The policy announced by …