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Former NSA TAO hacker sentenced to 66 months in prison over Kaspersky Leak

Security Affairs

According to the prosecutors, between 2010 and 2015, the former NSA hacker had taken home with him TAO materials, including exploits and hacking tools. On September 11, 2014, Kaspersky antivirus detected the Win32.GrayFish.gen Once the antivirus was turned on again, it detected the malware. Equestre.*”.

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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. Pegasus is spyware, and spyware is not made to respect privacy. Antivirus vendors detect it. On Sunday and in the days following, The Pegasus Project revealed the broad cast of victims it believes have been targeted with Pegasus spyware.

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