Tag: NSO Group
Apple Warns Users Targeted by Mercenary Spyware
Apple this week updated its spyware threat notification system to alert and assist users it identifies as targeted by mercenary spyware attacks.To date, Apple...
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CISO Corner: DoD Regs, Neurodiverse Talent & Tel Aviv’s Light Rail
Welcome to CISO Corner, Dark Reading's weekly digest of articles tailored specifically to security operations readers and security leaders. Every week, we'll offer articles...
Google: Govs Drive Sharp Growth of Commercial Spyware Cos
Governments around the world, seeking to spy on rights activists, dissidents and others of interest to them, have driven a sharp proliferation in commercial...
Pegasus Spyware Targets Jordanian Civil Society in Wide-Ranging Attacks
Journalists, lawyers, and human-rights activists in the Middle Eastern nation of Jordan face increased surveillance from the controversial Pegasus spyware app, with nearly three...
Pegasus Spyware Targets Togolese Journalists’ Mobile Devices
Cyberattackers have installed the Pegasus spyware on the phones of multiple journalists in the African country of Togo.According to Reporters Without Borders, the spyware...
Qatar Cyber Chiefs Warn on Mozilla RCE Bugs
The National Cyber Security Agency in Qatar is warning Adobe users to urgently apply patches following the disclosure of vulnerabilities in Mozilla’s Firefox and...
Zero-Click iPhone Exploit Drops Spyware on Exiled Russian Journalist
A report this week about Pegasus spyware showing up on an iPhone belonging to award-winning Russian journalist Galina Timchenko has highlighted again the seemingly...
Apple Hit By 2 No-Click Zero-Days in Blastpass Exploit Chain
Citizen Lab discovered two no-click zero-day vulnerabilities while checking an unidentified individual's device, which was delivering mercenary spyware from NSO Group's Pegasus.Citizen Lab disclosed this...
GhostSec Leaks Source Code of Alleged Iranian Surveillance Tool
Hacker group GhostSec is disclosing the source code of the various software packages, alleging them to be surveillance software used by Iran.The group claims...
Meet the Finalists for the 2023 Pwnie Awards
With Black Hat USA 2023 looming, it's time to start thinking about the Oscars of cybersecurity, the Pwnie Awards. The statuettes will be handed...
US Investors Sniffing Around Blacklisted NSO Group Assets
NSO Group is facing a number of existential crises at the moment, and it appears there's a group of enterprising investors — including, reportedly,...
On the security model of software wallets | Ledger
We can distinguish two prevalent types of wallets: software and hardware wallets. They fulfill the same function, but in a different way. Software wallets...
Cybertech Company QuaDream Exposed For Selling Mercenary Spyware
Tyler Cross Published on: April 20, 2023 Failing Israeli-based Cybersecurity company QuaDream has been accused of making and...