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Mollitiam Industries is the Newest Cyberweapons Arms Manufacturer

Schneier on Security

Its spyware is also said to be equipped with a keylogger, which means every keystroke made on an infected device — including passwords, search queries and messages sent via encrypted messaging apps — can be tracked and monitored.

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Parental control spyware app Family Orbit hacked, pictures of hundreds of monitored children were exposed

Security Affairs

The company that sells the parental control spyware app Family Orbit has been hacked, pictures of hundreds of monitored children were left online. The company that sells the parental control spyware app Family Orbit has been hacked, the pictures of hundreds of monitored children were left online only protected by a password.

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The Zero Click, Zero Day iMessage Attack Against Journalists

SecureWorld News

Pegasus spyware is a phone surveillance solution that enables customers to remotely exploit and monitor devices. The company sells its surveillance technology to governments around the world. And watchdog groups say its products are often found to be used in surveillance abuses. Spyware attacks becoming harder to detect.

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Security Affairs newsletter Round 370 by Pierluigi Paganini

Security Affairs

US DoJ announced to have shut down the Russian RSOCKS Botnet MaliBot Android Banking Trojan targets Spain and Italy Chinese DriftingCloud APT exploited Sophos Firewall Zero-Day before it was fixed Experts link Hermit spyware to Italian surveillance firm RCS Lab and a front company A Microsoft 365 feature can ransom files on SharePoint and OneDriveCould (..)

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Security Affairs newsletter Round 418 by Pierluigi Paganini – International edition

Security Affairs

Twitter confirmed that a security incident publicly exposed Circle tweets FBI seized other domains used by the shadow eBook library Z-Library WordPress Advanced Custom Fields plugin XSS exposes +2M sites to attacks Fortinet fixed two severe issues in FortiADC and FortiOS Pro-Russia group NoName took down multiple France sites, including the French (..)

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Top 10 Malware Strains of 2021

SecureWorld News

Cybercriminals often use malware to gain access to a computer or mobile device to deploy viruses, worms, Trojans, ransomware, spyware, and rootkits. NanoCore NanoCore is used for stealing victims' information, including passwords and emails. AZORult's developers are constantly updating its capabilities.

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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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