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UN special rapporteurs call for surveillance tech moratorium
13 Aug 2021In the wake of revelations about NSO Groups Pegasus spyware, a number of special rapporteurs from the United Nations are re-igniting calls for a global moratorium on the sale and transfer of surveillance ... Read More
France’s Macron among alleged Pegasus targets
21 Jul 2021Data relating to devices used by French president Emmanuel Macron and the head of the World Health Organization, among others, has been uncovered in a dataset linked to government use of spyware Read More
Sophos: Remote ransomware attacks on SMBs increasing
12 Mar 2024According to new research from Sophos, small businesses are seeing a rise in threats such as remotely executed ransomware attacks, malvertising, driver abuse and more. Read More
Malware vs. ransomware: What's the difference?
31 Aug 2023Ransomware is a type of malware, or malicious software. While all ransomware is malware, not all malware is ransomware. Read More
NSA spyware found infecting tens of thousands worldwide
25 Apr 2017A new security tool will let users scan their systems for the presence of NSA spyware found in the latest Equation Group leak, and tens of thousands are already infected. Read More
Kemba Walden: We need to secure open source software
10 Aug 2023During her Black Hat USA 2023 keynote, the acting national cyber director said the White House wants to develop realistic policies to improve the security of open source software. Read More
Spyware targets North Korean dissidents via social links, says McAfee
11 Jan 2018Researchers at security firm McAfee have confirmed that social networks are being used to target North Korean dissidents with spyware Read More
Browser companies patch critical zero-day vulnerability
13 Sep 2023While attack details remain unknown, Chrome, Edge and Firefox users are being urged to update their browsers as an exploit for CVE-2023-4863 lurks in the wild. Read More
International spyware operation linked to NSA
17 Feb 2015The US National Security Agency has reportedly hidden surveillance software in the hard drives of several top computer makers Read More
Chinese company caught preinstalling Android spyware on budget devices
17 Nov 2016A Chinese company was found to be preinstalling Android spyware on budget smartphones and collecting phone call and messaging data without consent. Read More