Security Affairs

DECEMBER 16, 2024

Researchers warn of previously undetected surveillance spyware, named NoviSpy, that was found infecting a Serbian journalist’s phone. Then he requested help from Amnesty Internationals Security Lab fearing to be the target of surveillance software like other journalists in Serbia. ” reads the report published by Amnesty.

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Schneier on Security

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Last month, we were warned not to install Qatar’s World Cup app because it was spyware. This month, it’s Egypt’s COP27 Summit app : The app is being promoted as a tool to help attendees navigate the event. But it risks giving the Egyptian government permission to read users’ emails and messages.

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Malwarebytes

MAY 8, 2025

Meta has won almost $170m in damages from Israel-based NSO Group, maker of the Pegasus spyware. According to the original complaint against NSO Group, filed in October 2019, the spyware vendor used WhatsApp servers to send malware to around 1400 mobile phones. Never open links, files, or videos from someone you don’t know.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 23, 2025

A new Android spyware was discovered in a fake Alpine Quest app, reportedly used by Russian soldiers for war zone planning. Doctor Web researchers uncovered a new spyware, tracked as Android.Spy.1292.origin, “Alpine Quest is topographic software that allows different maps to be used both in online and offline mode.

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Schneier on Security

AUGUST 3, 2021

Forbes has the story : Paragon’s product will also likely get spyware critics and surveillance experts alike rubbernecking: It claims to give police the power to remotely break into encrypted instant messaging communications, whether that’s WhatsApp, Signal, Facebook Messenger or Gmail, the industry sources said.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 13, 2025

North Korea-linked APT group ScarCruft used a new Android spyware dubbed KoSpy to target Korean and English-speaking users. Lookout researchers attributed the spyware to the ScarCruft group with medium confidence. The spyware uses a unique IT for each victim that is calculated through a hardware fingerprint.

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Schneier on Security

MAY 24, 2024

New paper: “ Zero Progress on Zero Days: How the Last Ten Years Created the Modern Spyware Market “: Abstract: Spyware makes surveillance simple. The last ten years have also been marked by stark failures to control spyware and its precursors and components.

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Malwarebytes

MARCH 20, 2025

Experts are again warning about the proliferating market for targeted spyware and espionage. Before we dive into the world of targeted spyware, it’s worth looking at a few of the main players that are active in and against this industry. The name of Paragons spyware is Graphite.

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Tech Republic Security

APRIL 12, 2024

Apple recommends that iPhone users install software updates, use strong passwords and 2FA, and don’t open links or attachments from suspicious emails to keep their device safe from spyware.

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Schneier on Security

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

Piling more on NSO Group’s legal troubles, Apple is suing it : The complaint provides new information on how NSO Group infected victims’ devices with its Pegasus spyware. To prevent further abuse and harm to its users, Apple is also seeking a permanent injunction to ban NSO Group from using any Apple software, services, or devices.

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Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

Less than a week ago, security researcher Nitish Shah directed KrebsOnSecurity to an open database on the Web that allowed anyone to query up-to-the-minute mSpy records for both customer transactions at mSpy’s site and for mobile phone data collected by mSpy’s software. The database required no authentication.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 8, 2025

Security flaws in the platform have previously been leveraged in real incidents, allowing attackers to infiltrate systems, harvest confidential details, or deploy harmful software. In March 2025, WhatsApp addressed a zero-click, zero-day vulnerability exploited to install Paragons Graphite spyware on the devices of targeted individuals.

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The Hacker News

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Cybersecurity researchers have unearthed a number of WhatsApp mods for Android that come fitted with a spyware module dubbed CanesSpy.

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Security Affairs

MAY 22, 2024

A researcher discovered a consumer-grade spyware app on the check-in systems of at least three Wyndham hotels across the US. The security researcher Eric Daigle discovered a commercial spyware app, called pcTattletale, on the check-in systems of at least three Wyndham hotels across the US, TechCrunch first reported.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 2, 2024

Court ordered surveillance firm NSO Group to hand over the source code for its Pegasus spyware and other products to Meta. Meta won the litigation against the Israeli spyware vendor NSO Group , a U.S. from April 29, 2018, to May 10, 2020). from April 29, 2018, to May 10, 2020).

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Tech Republic Security

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

Bitdefender GravityZone is best overall when it comes to our top choices for protection from malware like viruses, spyware, trojans, and bots.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

NSO Group that is struck in a legal controversy for producing Pegasus Spyware has received a ban from United States and has been added to the US Trade Blacklist. So, from now on the company cannot buy any goods, services or licenses from the American companies and cannot sell its spyware on the American soil.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JULY 22, 2021

Chine Foreign Ministry has issued a public statement condemning the distribution and usage of Pegasus Spyware surveillance software by various countries. Now, to those uninitiated, Israel-based NSO Group developed Pegasus surveillance software that was meant for government organizations to spy on criminal suspects.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

South Korean users have been targeted with a new sophisticated Android spyware, tracked as PhoneSpy, as part of an ongoing campaign. Researchers from Zimperium zLabs uncovered an ongoing campaign aimed at infecting the mobile phones of South Korean users with new sophisticated android spyware dubbed PhoneSpy. Zimperium concludes.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JULY 19, 2021

Israel-based NSO company has designed a specific software dubbed Pegasus to spy on targeted mobile devices. Until the year 2019, it was offering the spying software only to government organizations that were indulging in espionage related tactics on criminals. software that led to iPhone hacks.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 3, 2021

Apple warns that the mobile devices of at least nine US Department of State employees were compromised with NSO Group ‘s Pegasus spyware. The iPhones of at least nine US state department officials were compromised with the NSO Group’s spyware Pegasus. “Apple Inc iPhones of at least nine U.S.

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Security Boulevard

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

Apple wants its three-year-old lawsuit against spyware maker NSO to be dismissed, citing the surveillance software maker's declining dominance of the expanding market and fears that its own threat intelligence could be exposed, which would harm its efforts to protect its users.

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Security Boulevard

JANUARY 17, 2024

Researchers with cybersecurity firm Kaspersky are detailing a lightweight method for detecting the presence of spyware, including The NSO Group’s notorious Pegasus software, in Apple iOS devices. The post Kaspersky Details Method for Detecting Spyware in iOS appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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Security Affairs

JULY 19, 2021

Pegasus Project investigation into the leak of 50,000 phone numbers of potential surveillance targets revealed the abuse of NSO Group’s spyware. Pegasus Project is the name of a large-scale investigation into the leak of 50,000 phone numbers of potential surveillance targets that revealed the abuse of NSO Group’s spyware.

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Malwarebytes

JULY 7, 2022

This new feature is designed to provide a safer environment on iOS for people at high risk of what Apple refers to as “mercenary spyware.” ” This includes people like journalists and human rights advocates, who are often targeted by oppressive regimes using malware like NSO Groups’ Pegasus spyware.

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eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

Norton has multiple training videos and help articles for using the software, and it offers phone, email, and chat options for customer support. Norton doesn’t have spyware protection; I recommend looking at business antivirus products if that’s a priority for you. McAfee also doesn’t offer spyware detection.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

The iPhone of a prominent Russian journalist, who is at odds with Moscow, was infected with NSO Group’s Pegasus spyware. The iPhone of the Russian journalist Galina Timchenko was compromised with NSO Group’s Pegasus spyware. The threat actors used a zero-click exploit, likely the PWNYOURHOME. ” reported Citizen Lab.

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Malwarebytes

MAY 24, 2022

The name of the surveillance company—or better said, professional spyware vendor—is Cytrox and the name of its spyware is Predator. If the group finds zero-days outside of its own products, it reports them to the vendors that own the vulnerable software. Government spyware.

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Schneier on Security

MAY 5, 2020

That's when Russian security firm Dr. Web found a sample of spyware in Google's app store that impersonated a downloader of graphic design software but in fact had the capability to steal contacts, call logs, and text messages from Android phones. What's important is the ability to download new malicious payloads," he says. "It

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Malwarebytes

MARCH 5, 2024

A California federal judge has ordered spyware maker NSO Group to hand over the code for Pegasus and other spyware products that were used to spy on WhatsApp users. However, the company also says it recognizes that some customers might abuse the abilities of the software for other purposes. Things have developed since then.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

A Hungarian government official confirmed that his government has bought and used the controversial NSO Group’s Pegasus spyware. According to Kosa, the use of surveillance software was authorized by a judge or the Minister of Justice. ” reads the statement provided to news outlet Telex. ” This week, the U.S.

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Malwarebytes

MAY 1, 2025

Government-backed groups and customers of commercial surveillance vendors (that’s sanitized corporate-speak for spyware) were responsible for over half the attacks that the researchers were able to attribute. Spyware continues to be a much bigger factor in zero-day exploits today than it was before 2023.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 27, 2024

Palo Alto Networks addressed a high-severity flaw, tracked as CVE-2024-3393 (CVSS score: 8.7), in PAN-OS software that could cause a denial-of-service (DoS) condition. Palo Alto Networks addressed a high-severity PAN-OS flaw that could trigger denial-of-service (DoS) on vulnerable devices. ” reads the advisory.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Google’s TAG revealed that Commercial spyware vendors (CSV) were behind most of the zero-day vulnerabilities discovered in 2023. Surveillance software is used to spy on high-risk users, including journalists, human rights defenders, dissidents and opposition party politicians. ” concludes Google.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Apple continues to be haunted by spyware developed by an Israeli security firm that hostile governments used to hack into Apple devices to spy on journalists, activists and world leaders (see Apple Security Under Scrutiny Amid Fallout from NSO Spyware Scandal ). operating system was being exploited by the invasive Pegasus spyware.

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SecureList

MAY 15, 2025

The main categories of threats spreading via email are malicious documents, spyware, malicious scripts and phishing pages. Most malicious scripts and phishing pages act as droppers or loaders of next-stage malware (spyware, crypto miners and ransomware). pp) and 0.16% (by losing 0.05 pp) respectively. pp) and 1.53% (by losing 0.08

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Malwarebytes

APRIL 21, 2022

” John Scott-Railton recalled after finding out on July 7, 2020 that Pegasus, the highly sophisticated flagship spyware of Israel’s NSO Group, was used to infect a phone linked to the network at 10 Downing Street, the UK Prime Minister’s home and office. “When we found the No. 10 case, my jaw dropped.” Hello, Maestro?

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