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UN approves Russia-Cina sponsored resolution on new cybercrime convention

Security Affairs

Security experts have detected and analyzed some of the tools in its arsenals, such as the popular Pegasus spyware (for iOS) and Chrysaor (for Android). In September 2018, a report published by Citizen Lab revealed that the NSO Pegasus spyware was used against targets across 45 countries worldwide.

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Cyber CEO: The History Of Cybercrime, From 1834 To Present

Herjavec Group

government websites in 1998 and is sentenced to 18 months in prison in 2001. 2008 — Heartland Payment Systems — 134 million credit cards are exposed through SQL injection to install spyware on Heartland’s data systems. Investigators determined that two hackers, known as Datastream Cowboy and Kuji, are behind the attack.