SecureWorld News

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

The opening lines of the lawsuit say it all: "Defendants are notorious hackers—amoral 21st century mercenaries who have created highly sophisticated cyber-surveillance machinery that invites routine and flagrant abuse.". That behavior by NSO Group, according to Citizen Lab and Apple, includes secret installation of Pegasus Spyware.

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SecureList

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

Last year, we foresaw the APT and cybercrime worlds becoming more porous on an operational level. The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) have claimed that threat actors have been using catfishing to lure Israeli soldiers into installing spyware. 2020 was a year of heightened tensions around the development of the 5G technology.

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SecureWorld News

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

State Department announced Monday a new policy to impose visa restrictions on individuals linked to the misuse of commercial spyware tools that enable unlawful surveillance and human rights abuses globally. The policy allows visa denials on a case-by-case basis for those involved in spyware misuse. RELATED: U.S.

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SecureWorld News

JULY 20, 2023

Commerce Department's Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) has taken significant action to address the escalating concern surrounding the misuse of surveillance technology by foreign entities. government's growing concern about the role of surveillance technology in enabling campaigns of repression and human rights abuses.

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SecureWorld News

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Consequences of browser-focused cybercrime Hackers are able to utilize browser vulnerabilities to install malware and spyware on devices, steal login credentials for other services, extract sensitive user data, and maintain persistence inside systems.

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 21, 2022

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.

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Security Affairs

JULY 7, 2019

City Council of Somerville bans facial recognition technology. ViceLeaker Android spyware targets users in the Middle East. China installs a surveillance app on tourists phones while crossing in the Xinjiang. Is Your Browser Secure? Heres How to Secure Your Web Browser Against Attacks! LooCipher: The New Infernal Ransomware.

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SecureList

APRIL 27, 2021

During routine monitoring of detections for FinFisher spyware tools, we discovered traces that point to recent FinFly Web deployments. The group’s operations were exposed in 2018, showing that it was conducting surveillance attacks against individuals in the Middle East.

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Malwarebytes

MAY 10, 2022

Privacy advocates argue it brings the EU closer to the surveillance state that many see in other countries and that is a frightful image. Once an interest in cybercrime, vulnerabilities, and other related areas get added to the areas of government interest, my search queries alone would be enough to get me in trouble.

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SecureList

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

The cyber-offense ecosystem still appears to be shaken by the sudden demise of NSO Group; at the same time, these activities indicate to us that we’ve only seen the tip of the iceberg when it comes to commercial-grade mobile surveillance tooling. APT targeting turns toward satellite technologies, producers and operators.

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SecureList

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

APT targeting turns toward satellite technologies, producers and operators The only known case of an attack utilizing satellite technologies that happened in recent years was the KA-SAT network hack of 2022. The next WannaCry Fortunately for us, a new cyber epidemic did not happen. Verdict: prediction not fulfilled ❌ 4.

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