Browsing: Spyware

Cyber fraud is becoming increasingly sophisticated as cybercriminals and surveillance operators explore new methods of infiltrating digital devices. Recent research conducted by

According to researchers atThe Citizen Lab, based at the University of Toronto, this is the “first public, technical confirmation that mercenary spyware has reached real devices through targeted ads.” They stated that Candiru, an Israeli maker of spyware usually sold to governments, infected devices at the news network @Al Jazeera through ordinary online ads, in…

When a journalist suspects their phone has been hacked, the first question is whether any trace of the attack is left. Google has added six features to Advanced Protection in Android 17, including one that keeps a copy of that evidence off the device. Existing users will receive a notification when the new capabilities become…

The UK and its allies have warned opponents of the Iranian regime that they may be subject to targeting by a Tehran-backed spyware campaign.

The United States, the United Kingdom and the Netherlands have warned that Iranian spyware is being used to hunt dissidents living in the West.

The zLabs research team has discovered a sophisticated and highly aggressive mobile malware strain linked to Indonesian threat actors, that marks a dangerous tactical evolution by seamlessly integrating comprehensive spyware capabilities with traditional ransomware functionality into a single attack vector. This hybrid threat systematically compromises user privacy through an intrusive suite of surveillance features, which…