A pair of malicious apps were discovered in the Google Play Store recently by cybersecurity firm Cyfirma. The latter said that the apps were…
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No matter what US President Joseph R. Biden Jr. said, NSO Group is still around; the privatized spying service produced zero-click exploits against iOS 15…
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For years, we thought iPhones were more secure than Android phones and couldn’t be hacked. And although Apple’s phones have a ton of security…
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Spyware vendors use exploit chains to take advantage of patch delays in mobile ecosystem
Several commercial spyware vendors developed and used zero-day exploits against iOS and Android users last year. However, their exploit chains also relied on known…
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Biden administration seeks to tamp down the spyware market with a new ban
In a significant signal to spyware vendors, the Biden administration issued an executive order (EO) prohibiting federal government agencies from using commercial spyware “that…
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China is the world’s largest smartphone market and over 70 percent of handsets in the country run Android. Researchers from the University of Edinburgh…