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Pegasus Project – how governments use Pegasus spyware against journalists

Security Affairs

Pegasus Project investigation into the leak of 50,000 phone numbers of potential surveillance targets revealed the abuse of NSO Group’s spyware. Pegasus Project is the name of a large-scale investigation into the leak of 50,000 phone numbers of potential surveillance targets that revealed the abuse of NSO Group’s spyware.

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Snowden Ten Years Later

Schneier on Security

In 2013 and 2014, I wrote extensively about new revelations regarding NSA surveillance based on the documents provided by Edward Snowden. It’s amazing that one person could have had so much access with so little accountability, and could sneak all of this data out without raising any alarms. That feeling hasn’t faded.

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How to say your webcam on laptop or smartphone has been hacked

CyberSecurity Insiders

Therefore, the next time when you see your webcam light blinking and device battery exhausting faster than usual, you must quickly put the device under surveillance. Let us analyze it with an example: In the year 2016, a couple living in a condo in New York received a call. What happens if the webcam is in control of a hacker?

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Apple Security Under Scrutiny Amid Fallout from NSO Spyware Scandal

eSecurity Planet

As first reported in The Guardian , a large data leak unveiled a list of more than 50,000 phone numbers of people that were in the crosshairs of NSO customers dating back to 2016, including more than 180 journalists worldwide. Top public cloud provider Amazon Web Services (AWS) disabled all accounts linked to the Israeli company.

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Android Spyware Monokle, developed by Russian defense contractor, used in targeted attacks

Security Affairs

Experts at Lookout discovered a new Android mobile spyware in the wild, dubbed Monokle, that was developed by a Russian defense contractor named Special Technology Centre Ltd. ( Petersburg, Russia-based company, Special Technology Centre, Ltd. ( ” Special Technology Centre Ltd. ( SecurityAffairs – spyware, surveillance).

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Coinbase CEO confirms that Ex-Hacking Team members will ‘Transition Out’ of Neutrino

Security Affairs

Neutrino was founded in 2016 by Giancarlo Russo, Marco Valleri, and Alberto Ornaghi. The US company has experienced some controversy due to the acquisition, the heated debate surrounding Neutrino comes from the involvement of Valleri and Ornaghi, who were both executives of surveillance firm Hacking Team. ” reads the blog post.

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MY TAKE: Why consumers are destined to play a big role in securing the Internet of Things

The Last Watchdog

Mirai and Reaper are examples of a new generation of IoT botnets comprised of millions of infected home routers and surveillance cams. Nor has anyone accepted accountability for encrypting any of the fresh flows of data, whether in transit or at rest. Likewise, the U.S.

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