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Former L3Harris Trenchant boss jailed for selling hacking tools to Russian broker
Peter Williams, a former U.S. defense contractor boss, was sentenced on Tuesday to seven years in prison for stealing and…
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Treasury sanctions Russian zero-day broker accused of buying exploits stolen from U.S. defense contractor
The U.S. government announced on Tuesday sanctions against two companies that acquire and resell zero-day exploits, as well sanctioning their…
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Intellexa’s Predator spyware used to hack iPhone of journalist in Angola, research says
A government customer of sanctioned spyware maker Intellexa hacked the phone of a prominent journalist in Angola, according to Amnesty…
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Here’s the tech powering ICE’s deportation crackdown
President Donald Trump said he would make countering immigration one of his flagship policies during his second term in The…
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Critics pan spyware maker NSO’s transparency claims amid its push to enter US market
NSO Group, one of the most well-known and controversial makers of government spyware, released a new transparency report on Wednesday,…
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You’ve been targeted by government spyware. Now what?
It was a normal day when Jay Gibson got an unexpected notification on his iPhone. “Apple detected a targeted mercenary…
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Meet the team that investigates when journalists and activists get hacked with government spyware
For more than a decade, dozens of journalists and human rights activists have been targeted and hacked by governments all…
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Google and Apple roll out emergency security updates after zero-day attacks
Apple and Google have released several software updates to protect against a hacking campaign targeting an unknown number of their…
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FTC upholds ban on stalkerware founder Scott Zuckerman
A stalkerware maker who was banned from the surveillance industry after a data breach that exposed the personal information of…
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Sanctioned spyware maker Intellexa had direct access to government espionage victims, researchers say
Spyware maker Intellexa had remote access to some of its government customers’ surveillance systems, giving company staffers the ability to…
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Why a lot of people are getting hacked with government spyware
For more than a decade, makers of government spyware have defended themselves from criticism by saying that their surveillance technology…
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‘Landfall’ spyware abused zero-day to hack Samsung Galaxy phones
Security researchers have discovered an Android spyware that targeted Samsung Galaxy phones during a nearly year-long hacking campaign. Researchers at…
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