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…
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Information security usually focuses on a single device, at least as far as consumers are concerned. But in an increasingly connected world, it might…
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A new espionage campaign, dubbed SandStrike, has been detected using malicious VPN apps to load spyware on Android devices, cybersecurity company Kaspersky reports. It’s…
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A new report reveals that Pegasus spyware was used in Mexico after the president expressly said that the government no longer used the malware.…