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Google Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG) tracked 75 actively exploited zero-day flaws in 2024

Security Affairs

In 2024, Google tracked 75 exploited zero-day vulnerabilities, down from 98 in 2023 but up from 63 in 2022. The report published by GTIG highlights evolving attacker tactics, better vendor defenses, and growing challenges in detecting commercial surveillance activity. ” reads the report published GTIG.

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Apple Calls Out 'Mercenary Spyware' Vendors Enabling State Surveillance

SecureWorld News

The change marks a direct call-out of companies like NSO Group that develop sophisticated commercial surveillance tools like Pegasus, which have been abused by authoritarian regimes to pull off "individually targeted attacks of such exceptional cost and complexity." Just last month, the U.S.

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WhatsApp hack: Meta wins payout over NSO Group spyware

Malwarebytes

The European Data Protection Supervisor recommended an EU ban on the technology in 2022, although this has not yet happened. The ruling drew praise from Amnesty International, which had filed a court brief as part of the case outlining the human rights implications of the attacks on Meta.

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EU officials were targeted with Israeli surveillance software

Security Affairs

According to a report published by Reuters, an Israeli surveillance software was used to spy on senior officials in the European Commission. ” NSO sent a statement to Reuters to exclude the involvement of its surveillance tools in the attacks reported by the agency. Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook.

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Best Facial Recognition Software for Enterprises In 2022

eSecurity Planet

The technology isn’t yet perfect, but it has evolved to a point that enterprise use is growing. The application of facial recognition technology in operations was primarily in law enforcement organizations until the last decade, when a massive advance in AI and deep learning allowed it to be more broadly applied.

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Experts link Hermit spyware to Italian surveillance firm RCS Lab and a front company

Security Affairs

Experts uncovered an enterprise-grade surveillance malware dubbed Hermit used to target individuals in Kazakhstan, Syria, and Italy since 2019. Lookout Threat Lab researchers uncovered enterprise-grade Android surveillance spyware, named Hermit, used by the government of Kazakhstan to track individuals within the country.

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US Gov adds surveillance firms Cytrox and Intellexa to Entity List for trafficking in cyber exploits

Security Affairs

government added surveillance technology vendors Cytrox and Intellexa to an economic blocklist for trafficking in cyber exploits. Government warns of the key role that surveillance technology plays in surveillance activities that can lead to repression and other human rights abuses.