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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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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Malwarebytes

MARCH 7, 2024

The US Treasury Department has sanctioned Predator spyware vendor Intellexa Consortium, and banned the company from doing business in the US. Intellexa is based in Greece but the Treasury Department imposed the sanctions because of the use of the spyware against Americans, including US government officials, journalists, and policy experts.

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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. In the campaign uncovered by TAG, the spyware vendor used the zero-days in conjunction with other already-patched vulnerabilities. Government spyware. Did I hear someone say Pegasus ?

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Malwarebytes

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Recent events have demonstrated very clearly just how persistent and wide-spread the Pegasus spyware is. The exploit chain based on these vulnerabilities was capable of compromising devices without any interaction from the victim and were reportedly used by the NSO Group to deliver its infamous Pegasus spyware.

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Malwarebytes

JANUARY 9, 2025

Small businesses and boutique organizations should use caution when leaning on browser-friendly artificial intelligence (AI) tools to generate ideas, content, and marketing copy, as a set of Google Chrome extensions were recently compromised to deliver info-stealing malware disguised as legitimate updates.

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Security Affairs

JULY 30, 2024

A new version of the Mandrake Android spyware has been found in five apps on Google Play, which have been downloaded over 32,000 times since 2022. Researchers from Kaspersky discovered a new version of the Mandrake Android spyware in five app on Google Play, totaling over 32,000 downloads between 2022 and 2024.

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eSecurity Planet

JULY 21, 2021

Reports that the NSO Group’s Pegasus spyware was used by governments to spy on Apple iPhones used by journalists, activists, government officials and business executives is becoming a global controversy for NSO, Apple and a number of governments at the center of the scandal. The impact of the burgeoning scandal continues to ripple.

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Heimadal Security

JANUARY 16, 2023

The VPN market has grown considerably in the last few years due to the increasing popularity of VPN technologies. However, corrupted VPN installers have been used by threat actors to deliver a piece of spyware called EyeSpy, as part of a malware campaign that started in May 2022.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 21, 2022

Researchers spotted several spyware campaigns targeting industrial enterprises to steal credentials and conduct financial fraud. Researchers from Kaspersky Lab have uncovered multiple spyware campaigns that target industrial firms to steal email account credentials and carry out fraudulent activities. ” concludes the report.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 11, 2021

A Togolese human rights advocate was hit by mobile spyware that has been allegedly developed by an Indian firm called Innefu Labs. Experts believe the attackers used a spyware developed by an Indian company called Innefu Labs. In the past, the Donot Team spyware was found in attacks outside of South Asia. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 12, 2023

At least five members of civil society worldwide have been targeted with spyware and exploits developed by surveillance firm QuaDream. Citizen Lab researchers reported that at least five civil society members were victims of spyware and exploits developed by the Israeli surveillance firm QuaDream. and 14.4.2,

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Malwarebytes

AUGUST 30, 2023

Anonymous hackers have breached the servers of spyware app “WebDetetive ” , accessing the user database. Spyware apps are installed on a potential victim’s phone without permission and lurk invisibly, collecting data and sending it back to the app operator. Use an antivirus on your phone.

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Schneier on Security

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

Aside from the obvious difficulties this causes, it’ll make it harder for them to buy zero-day vulnerabilities on the open market. US companies and individuals cannot sell to them. This is another step in the ongoing US actions against the company.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

federal court for illegally targeting its customers with the surveillance spyware Pegasus. The complaint provides new information on how NSO Group infected victims’ devices with its Pegasus spyware. The post Apple sues NSO Group for abusing state-sponsored Pegasus spyware appeared first on Security Affairs. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

I transcribed a recent interview, here some questions and answers about nation-state hacking, spyware, and cyber warfare. Enjoy” How has spyware changed the rules of cyber security in recent years? Spyware are powerful weapons in the arsenal of governments and cybercrime gangs. Is the Pegasus spyware as a game-changer?

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Malwarebytes

JUNE 16, 2022

A stalkerware -type app that boasts “the best free phone spying software on the market,” has exposed the data it snooped on from the phones it was installed in. This news, first reported by Motherboard , is the latest in a lengthening list of spyware brands breached due to their poor cybersecurity hygiene. .

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Security Affairs

JULY 18, 2019

The researchers attribute the spyware to the Russia-linked and Gamaredon Group. “Linux desktop remains an unpopular choice among mainstream desktop users, making up a little more than 2% of the desktop operating system market share.” ” reads the analysis published by Intezer. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

JULY 12, 2020

Google announced the update of its Google Ads Enabling Dishonest Behavior policy to “prohibit the promotion of products or services that are marketed or targeted with the express purpose of tracking or monitoring another person or their activities without their authorization.” ”reads the post published by Google.

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Schneier on Security

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Yes, spyware companies like NSO Group help the government hack into people’s phones , but someone still has to sort through all the conversations. Information about what people are talking about, their moods, their secrets—it’s all catnip for marketers looking for an edge. That will soon change.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 23, 2018

In July, the experts discovered a new sophisticated version of the AZORult Spyware that was involved in a large email campaign on July 18. is available in the cybercrime underground market appeared first on Security Affairs. ” continues CheckPoint. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

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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Schneier on Security

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Yes, spyware companies like NSO Group help the government hack into people’s phones , but someone still has to sort through all the conversations. Information about what people are talking about, their moods, their secrets—it’s all catnip for marketers looking for an edge. That will soon change.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 1, 2023

Researchers discovered spyware, dubbed SpinOk, hidden in 101 Android apps with over 400 million downloads in Google Play. The malicious module is distributed as a marketing SDK that developers behind the apps embedded in their applications and games, including those available on Google Play.

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Schneier on Security

MARCH 14, 2023

From Brian Krebs : A Croatian national has been arrested for allegedly operating NetWire, a Remote Access Trojan (RAT) marketed on cybercrime forums since 2012 as a stealthy way to spy on infected systems and siphon passwords. The arrest coincided with a seizure of the NetWire sales website by the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).

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Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 13, 2019

In July 2016, KrebsOnSecurity published a story identifying a Toronto man as the author of the Orcus RAT , a software product that’s been marketed on underground forums and used in countless malware attacks since its creation in 2015. This week, Canadian authorities criminally charged him with orchestrating an international malware scheme.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 15, 2024

Security Affairs Malware newsletter includes a collection of the best articles and research on malware in the international landscape.

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The Last Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

27, 2023 — Citing organized crime statutes, attorneys with Wisner Baum have filed the first RICO class action alleging that H&R Block, Meta, and Google jointly schemed to install spyware on the H&R Block site, scraping customers’ private tax return information for profit. Los Angeles, Calif.,

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Security Affairs

MARCH 30, 2019

Security researchers have found a new government spyware, tracked as Exodus, that was distributed through the Google Play Store. The researchers argue that the surveillance operation might have targeted also innocent victims because the spyware was poorly developed, a circumstance that is confirmed makes the software illegal.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 16, 2025

CISA adds Apple products and Juniper Junos OS flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog GitLab addressed critical auth bypass flaws in CE and EE North Korea-linked APT group ScarCruft spotted using new Android spyware KoSpy Experts warn of a coordinated surge in the exploitation attempts of SSRF vulnerabilities Meta warns of actively exploited (..)

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Dark Reading

MARCH 29, 2023

Google TAG researchers reveal two campaigns against iOS, Android, and Chrome users that demonstrate how the commercial surveillance market is thriving despite government-imposed limits.

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SecureWorld News

AUGUST 25, 2022

Israeli spyware company NSO Group has experienced quite a bit of controversy in the last few years. Its spyware product, Pegasus, has been used by various criminals and nation states to target individuals of interest, such as activists, politicians, and business leaders. I don’t see any reason this will be different.".

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Malwarebytes

JUNE 28, 2024

But according to reporting last year from Wired , Temu’s low prices are easy to decipher—Temu itself is losing millions of dollars to break into the US market. He called Temu “functionally malware and spyware,” adding that the app was “purposefully designed to gain unrestricted access to a user’s phone operating system.”

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 2, 2019

Canadian police last week raided the residence of a Toronto software developer behind “ Orcus RAT ,” a product that’s been marketed on underground forums and used in countless malware attacks since its creation in 2015. Rezvesz appears to have a flair for the dramatic , and has periodically emailed this author over the years.

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SecureWorld News

APRIL 2, 2025

The latest wave of privacy litigation doesn't involve data breaches, AI models, or spyware. A privacy policy that hasn't kept up with what the marketing team is actually doing. It involves tracking pixelsand legal theories pulled from a time when Blockbuster Video was still a thing. A misplaced pixel on a login page. Discovery looms.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

NSO Group’s Pegasus software has been routinely in the headlines in recent years for using zero-click attacks to install its spyware. Spyware and Zero-Days: A Troubling Market. NSO claims it provide its spyware to governments to “investigate terrorism and crime” only.

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Joseph Steinberg

JULY 13, 2022

Apple last week announced new security features specifically intended to offer “specialized additional protection to users who may be at risk of highly targeted cyberattacks from private companies developing state-sponsored mercenary spyware.”. Also concerning is the fact that in Apple’s Lockdown announcement, Ivan Krsti?,

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