Why it matters: The chain of believe in ensured by Certification Authorities (CA) keeps the website safe and sound and net corporations delighted. On the other hand, when the chain breaks, a CA can out of the blue come to be an unwelcome guest within the most preferred web browsers. […]
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Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG) said on Wednesday that its researchers discovered commercial spyware called Heliconia that’s designed to exploit vulnerabilities in Chrome and Firefox browsers as well as Microsoft Defender security software. Google’s researchers said they became aware of the framework after an anonymous Chrome bug report that included […]
Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG) said on Wednesday that its researchers discovered commercial spyware called Heliconia that’s designed to exploit vulnerabilities in Chrome and Firefox browsers as well as Microsoft Defender security software. Google’s researchers said they became aware of the framework after an anonymous Chrome bug report that included […]
Image: Timothy A. Clary/Contributor Hacking. Disinformation. Surveillance. CYBER is Motherboard’s podcast and reporting on the dark underbelly of the internet. A section of the New York Police Department (NYPD) focused on intelligence gathering received a demo of NSO Group’s controversial Pegasus spyware product, according to an email obtained by Motherboard. […]
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli police allegedly used spyware on the phones of former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s son and members of his inner circle, an Israeli newspaper reported Monday. Calcalist has published a series of recent reports alleging that police used sophisticated spyware to target protesters and other Israeli citizens, […]
The U.S. intelligence community is accused of acquiring spyware technology from the Israeli tech firm NSO Group that could snoop on just about anyone through their smartphone. The alleged procurement of the technology came before the Biden administration blacklisted the tech last year. NSO Group’s Pegasus product allows access to […]
A special US version of Pegasus smartphone spyware was created by NSO, and purchased by the FBI, a new report reveals today. The Drug Enforcement Agency, Secret Service, and the US military also held discussions with the Israeli spyware company. Israel had always insisted that NSO make Pegasus incapable of […]
Spyware from Israeli tech company NSO Group has been implicated in the hack of a leading opposition politician in Poland and several others, according to University of Toronto nonprofit Citizen Lab. In partnership with the Associated Press, Citizen Lab revealed on Thursday that Polish Senator Krzysztof Brejza was hacked using […]
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — The aggressive cellphone break-ins of a high-profile lawyer representing top Polish opposition figures came in the… WARSAW, Poland (AP) — The aggressive cellphone break-ins of a high-profile lawyer representing top Polish opposition figures came in the final weeks of pivotal 2019 parliamentary elections. Two years later, […]
FILE – Nearby buildings are reflected in the windows of the Oregon State Treasury office in Tigard, Ore., on Oct. 30, 2019. A spokeswoman for Oregon State Treasurer Tobias Read said Thursday, Dec. 16, 2021, that Read is looking for clarity in the murky situation surrounding a 2017 investment by […]