IT Sec News updates – Spyware Attacks

Santa Clarita Valley Signal

Apple is warning iPhone users of possible “mercenary spyware attacks” via its text message-based threat notification system, according to an antivirus …

Dark Reading

Malicious actors are targeting users of a mobile currency game by using fake Android and Windows software that installs spyware and other malware.

SC Magazine

… , have issued an amicus brief supporting NSO Group victims' filing of lawsuits against the Israeli spyware firm.

Heise

The Commission does not want to ban spyware completely. “Under appropriate conditions and safeguards”, their use “by national security or law …

Indonesia Business Post

… International, has revealed that the Indonesian National Police (Polri) had acquired Israel-made spyware via a Singaporean brokerage firm.

Irish Tech News

— ESET researchers discovered Android spyware named Ratel pretending to be Hamster Kombat, distributed via an unofficial Telegram channel. — Android …

Yahoo News Canada

Tech & Science Daily: Why did the FBI confess to testing iPhone spyware? Rachelle Abbott. February 3, 2022 1 min read. (PA). The FBI has …

The Journal

Invasive Spyware. Governments that decide to use invasive surveillance software, such as NSO Group's Pegasus, “cannot exercise their responsibility in …

SC Magazine

… Spyware In Your Data · Privacy · US-based lawsuits against NSO Group supported by leading tech firms · SC Staff July 24, 2024. Numerous major U.S. …

TechRadar

This application does not contain any legitimate functionality, and instead drops the Ratel Android spyware, which subscribes the victim to …