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President Biden Signs Executive Order Restricting Use of Commercial Spyware
U.S. President Joe Biden on Monday signed an executive order that restricts the use of commercial spyware by federal government…
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CISA Sounds Alarm on Cybersecurity Threats Amid Russia’s Invasion Anniversary
Cyber War / Cybersecurity The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) is urging organizations and individuals to increase their…
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Armenian Entities Hit by New Version of OxtaRAT Spying Tool
Cyber Threat / Surveillanceware Entities in Armenia have come under a cyber attack using an updated version of a backdoor…
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CERT-UA Alerts Ukrainian State Authorities of Remcos Software-Fueled Cyber Attacks
Threat Intelligence / Cyber War The Computer Emergency Response Team of Ukraine (CERT-UA) has issued an alert warning of cyber…
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Google to Pay $29.5 Million to Settle Lawsuits Over User Location Tracking
Jan 02, 2023Ravie LakshmananPrivacy / Location Tracking Google has agreed to pay a total of $29.5 million to settle two…
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Facebook Cracks Down on Spyware Vendors from U.S., China, Russia, Israel, and India
Meta Platforms disclosed that it took down no less than 200 covert influence operations since 2017 spanning roughly 70 countries…
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Researchers Uncover New Drokbk Malware that Uses GitHub as a Dead Drop Resolver
Dec 09, 2022Ravie Lakshmanan The subgroup of an Iranian nation-state group known as Nemesis Kitten has been attributed as behind…
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Iranian State Hackers Targeting Key Figures in Activism, Journalism, and Politics
Dec 06, 2022Ravie LakshmananPrivacy / Threat Intelligence Hackers with ties to the Iranian government have been linked to an ongoing…
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Google Accuses Spanish Spyware Vendor of Exploiting Chrome, Firefox, and Windows Zero-Days
A Barcelona-based surveillanceware vendor named Variston IT is said to have surreptitiously planted spyware on targeted devices by exploiting several…
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U.S. Bans Chinese Telecom Equipment and Surveillance Cameras Over National Security Risk
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) formally announced it will no longer authorize electronic equipment from Huawei, ZTE, Hytera, Hikvision,…
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