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Long-running surveillance campaigns target Uyghurs with BadBazaar and MOONSHINE spyware

Security Affairs

Lookout researchers discovered two long-running surveillance campaigns targeting the ethnic minority Uyghurs. Researchers from mobile security firm Lookout uncovered two long-running surveillance campaigns targeting the Uyghurs minority. List of installed packages. Call logs and geocoded location associated with the call.

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Pegasus spyware and how it exploited a WebP vulnerability

Malwarebytes

Recent events have demonstrated very clearly just how persistent and wide-spread the Pegasus spyware is. The exploit chain based on these vulnerabilities was capable of compromising devices without any interaction from the victim and were reportedly used by the NSO Group to deliver its infamous Pegasus spyware.

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The Belgacom hack was the work of the UK GCHQ intelligence agency

Security Affairs

Many experts linked the Regin malware to the Five Eyes alliance , they found alleged references to the super spyware in a number of presentations leaked by Edward Snowden and according to malware researchers, it has been used in targeted attacks against government agencies in the EU and the Belgian telecoms company Belgacom.

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Pegasus spyware has been here for years. We must stop ignoring it

Malwarebytes

Pegasus is spyware, and spyware is not made to respect privacy. According to NSO Group, its main spyware program is a beneficial tool for investigating and preventing terrorist attacks and maintaining the safety of the public. And between 2016 and 2018, more than 1,000 IP addresses were found to be associated with it.

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Hungarian official confirms Hungary used NSO Group Pegasus spyware

Security Affairs

A Hungarian government official confirmed that his government has bought and used the controversial NSO Group’s Pegasus spyware. According to Kosa, the use of surveillance software was authorized by a judge or the Minister of Justice. SecurityAffairs – hacking, surveillance. ” This week, the U.S. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Defeating Little Brother requires a new outlook on privacy: Lock and Code S04E23

Malwarebytes

But the type of surveillance we’re talking about today is different. Little Brother isn’t just surveillance. It is increasingly popular, normalized, and accessible surveillance. It isn’t so much “Big Brother”—a concept introduced in the socio-dystopian novel 1984 by author George Orwell.

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APT trends report Q3 2021

SecureList

The malicious payload was then used to upload additional malware, usually the Quarian backdoor that has been seen in use by Chinese-speaking actors since around 2010. FinSpy is a notorious surveillance toolset that several NGOs have repeatedly reported being used against journalists, political dissidents and human rights activists.

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