Security Boulevard

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

The United States will impose visa restrictions on foreign individuals who have been involving the misuse of spyware, the latest effort by the Biden Administration to address the dangers of the commercial software that often is used by governments and law enforcement agencies to target and surveil journalists, activists, and other individuals.

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Security Boulevard

JULY 22, 2021

Earlier in July, a group of security researchers revealed that they had been working together to uncover a widespread surveillance of journalists, politicians, government officials, chief executives, and human rights activists. The post Pegasus And Spyware | Avast appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

The threat actors used by spyware to take over the target systems, spy on the victims, and exfiltrate data. The APT32 also targeted peripheral network security and technology infrastructure corporations, and security firms that may have connections with foreign investors. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Boulevard

OCTOBER 15, 2021

Google pulled several ads for violating its policy against promoting “ stalkerware ,” surveillance apps that encourage users to spy on their spouses or significant others. We do not allow ads promoting spyware for partner surveillance,” a Google spokesperson told TechCrunch. “We

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 12, 2019

The scary part of the story is that a private surveillance firm was aware of the zero-day flaw since at least two years and is actively exploiting the SimJacker vulnerability to spy on mobile users in several countries. The experts explained that the attack is transparent for the users, the targets are not able to notice any anomaly.

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 21, 2022

From facial recognition to surveillance cameras to time trackers or just having a couple guys standing over employees’ shoulders, there are a multitude of ways to make sure employees are staying on-task and being productive. Want to Make Sure Remote Workers Can Access Your Network Securely?

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 27, 2023

Exploited enterprise IT zero-day vulnerabilities: Mandiant Commercial Use of Zero-Days Mandiant also observed three cases in which commercial spyware companies leveraged zero-day flaws.

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