Remove Cyber Attacks Remove Spyware Remove Surveillance Remove Technology
article thumbnail

China officially condemns Pegasus spyware surveillance and accuses US

CyberSecurity Insiders

Chine Foreign Ministry has issued a public statement condemning the distribution and usage of Pegasus Spyware surveillance software by various countries. It has also accused United States & NATO for circulating misinformation that the Chinese intelligence was funding hacking groups to launch cyber attacks on the west.

article thumbnail

Spyware Zero-Days Being Developed Commercially, Google Finds

SecureWorld News

The business of cyber attacks is not always an underground operation, and selling exploits is sometimes done in broad daylight. The commercial spyware industry is alive and thriving, according to a report released last week by Google's Threat Analysis Group (TAG). RELATED: Spyware Pariah: NSO Group Placed on U.S.

Spyware 67
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Security Affairs newsletter Round 438 by Pierluigi Paganini – International edition

Security Affairs

Government of Bermuda blames Russian threat actors for the cyber attack City of Dallas has set a budget of $8.5 Government of Bermuda blames Russian threat actors for the cyber attack City of Dallas has set a budget of $8.5 Enjoy a new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter, including the international press.

article thumbnail

Pegasus?—?The Humanitarian Costs of Insecure Code

Security Boulevard

A look at the nature and effects of legal, advanced spyware on application security. Typically, stories about cyber attacks grab the reader’s attention by describing the damage inflicted on a company in large dollar amounts. Media outlets first reported the existence of the spyware in 2016. What is Pegasus?

Spyware 52
article thumbnail

It is time to re-evaluate Cyber-defence solutions

Security Affairs

If this is true, then it does not answer the question as to why many of the largest and best protected global corporations and Governments institutions worldwide have been victims of major Cyber-attacks despite deploying the most expensive defence solutions in the market. For more information on this breach, see Embraer Cyber Attack.

article thumbnail

What is Malware? Definition, Purpose & Common Protections

eSecurity Planet

From ransomware attacks locking businesses out of their data until they pay potentially millions of dollars to spyware tracking users’ every move through their infected device, the effects of malware can be devastating. Types of spyware are often classified based on what information they’re gathering.

Malware 75