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Cocospy stalkerware apps go offline after data breach
A trio of phone surveillance apps, which was caught spying on millions of people’s phones earlier…
Apple notifies new victims of spyware attacks across the world
Apple sent notifications this week to several people who the company believes were targeted with government…
Government hackers are leading the use of attributed zero-days, Google says
Hackers working for governments were responsible for the majority of attributed zero-day exploits used in real-world…
Citizen Lab says exiled Uyghur leaders targeted with Windows spyware
Unknown hackers last month targeted leaders of the exiled Uyghur community in a campaign involving Windows…
Citizen Lab say exiled Uyghur leaders targeted with Windows spyware
Unknown hackers last month targeted leaders of the exiled Uyghur community in a campaign involving Windows…
NSO lawyer names Mexico, Saudi Arabia, and Uzbekistan as spyware customers accused of 2019 WhatsApp hacks
The governments of Mexico, Saudi Arabia, and Uzbekistan were among several countries accused of being behind…
NSO lawyer names Mexico, Saudi Arabia, and Uzbekistan as spyware customers behind 2019 WhatsApp hacks
The governments of Mexico, Saudi Arabia, and Uzbekistan, among others, were behind the 2019 hacking campaign…
Court document reveals locations of WhatsApp victims targeted by NSO spyware
NSO Group’s notorious spyware Pegasus was used to target 1,223 WhatsApp users in 51 different countries…
Governments identify dozens of Android apps bundled with spyware
A coalition of governments has published a list of legitimate-looking Android apps that were actually spyware,…
NCSC issues warning over Chinese Moonshine and BadBazaar spyware
The UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), the US’s National Security Agency (NSA) and the…
This sneaky Android spyware needs a password to uninstall. Here’s how to remove it without one.
Consumer-grade phone surveillance apps aren’t only intended to stay stealthy; some of these apps are also…
Again and again, NSO Group’s customers keep getting their spyware operations caught
On Thursday, Amnesty International published a new report detailing attempted hacks against two Serbian journalists, allegedly…
Data breach at stalkerware SpyX affects close to 2 million, including thousands of Apple users
A consumer-grade spyware operation called SpyX was hit by a data breach last year, TechCrunch has…
Researchers name several countries as potential Paragon spyware customers
The governments of Australia, Canada, Cyprus, Denmark, Israel, and Singapore are likely customers of Israeli spyware…
Amazon is still hosting stalkerware victims’ data weeks after breach alert
Amazon will not say if it plans to take action against three phone surveillance apps that…
North Korean government hackers snuck spyware on Android app store
A group of hackers with links to the North Korean regime uploaded Android spyware onto the…
Catalan court says NSO Group executives can be charged in spyware investigation
A Barcelona court ruled that the co-founders of spyware maker NSO Group, Omri Lavie and Shalev…