NSO Group operates Pegasus Spyware
It wasn’t its government customers after all
Legal documents released during the ongoing US litigation between NSO Group and WhatsApp have revealed that the Israeli cyberweapons maker’s customers do not do dirty work.
Apple’s spyware problem getting worse
Faithbased security failing
The fruity cargo cult Apple is getting into serious trouble over its current surge in spyware.
Parental and employer spyware gave details to criminals and paedophiles
Ironic, don’t ya think?
Parents who thought they were protecting their children by spying on them have placed them in danger by using an Android app which has been hacked.
World Cup fans will have to install Qatar spyware onto their phones
This will test their enthusiasm
"Everyone visiting Qatar for the World Cup needs to install spyware on their phone," writes security researcher Bruce Schneier.
New York Times defends Apple spyware
Sometimes we wonder how connected to reality these guys are
Apple’s favourite newspaper, the New York Times, ran a defense of Apple’s spyware “Apple Tags” written by a hack who was proud she could use the device to make sure her husband did as he was told.
Snowden calls for spyware moratorium
Because states really will want to disarm
Governments must impose a global moratorium on the international spyware trade or face a world in which no mobile phone is safe from state-sponsored hackers, according to former spook Edward Snowden.
Budget phones in the US come with spyware
So it is not just a Chinese thing
Pre-installed malware has been discovered on another budget handset connected to Assurance Wireless by Virgin Mobile.
WhatsApp sues Israeli spyware company
Hacked 1,400 WhatsApp users
WhatsApp has alleged in new court filings that an Israeli spyware company used US-based servers and was “deeply involved” in carrying out mobile phone hacks of 1,400 WhatsApp users, including senior government officials, journalists, and human rights activists.
Apple gets Exodus spyware
Following Android again
When the surveillance tool dubbed "Exodus" started appearing on Android, the Tame Apple Press made a big thing about how its favourite operating was safe.
HP installing spyware driver on hardware
Touchpoint Analytics Client reinvents giving.
HP, whose Christmas motto is "reinvent giving" has been installing a telemetry client on its customers’ computers — and it isn’t offering any warning, or asking permission.