Biden Admin. Adds ‘Mercenary Spyware’ Firms to Ban List

Biden Admin. Adds ‘Mercenary Spyware’ Firms to Ban List

European cousins Intellexa and Cytrox essentially banned by Commerce Dept. — Predator/ALIEN not welcome in U.S ...
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‘Predator’ — Nasty Android Spyware Revealed

‘Predator’ — Nasty Android Spyware Revealed

Intellexa mercenary spyware chains five unpatched bugs—plus ‘Alien’ technology ...
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Knives Out for TikTok as Journo Reveals her Spy Story

Knives Out for TikTok as Journo Reveals her Spy Story

Clock Ticking for U.S. Ban: FT’s Cristina Criddle claims ByteDance spied on her—because she wrote damaging stories about TikTok ...
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Cyberweapons Manufacturer QuaDream Shuts Down

Following a report on its activities, the Israeli spyware company QuaDream has shut down. This was QuadDream: Key Findings Based on an analysis of samples shared with us by Microsoft Threat Intelligence, ...
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Spyware Vendor’s Heliconia Framework Exploits Browser Vulnerabilities

A company in Barcelona that purports to offer custom security solutions is tied to exploitation frameworks that can deploy spyware. Variston IT’s “Heliconia framework exploits n-day vulnerabilities in Chrome, Firefox and Microsoft ...
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Hacking Google: Lessons From the Security Team, Part One

Cybersecurity is a battle that all organizations must fight, and there is really no point in doing it alone. Sharing information – the latest attack vectors, shifts in tactics, new-found defenses – ...
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