Spyware

NSO Group takeover could put Pegasus spyware in US hands

NSO Group, developer of the controversial Pegasus spyware, is reportedly set to be acquired by US defence contractor L3 Harris…

Spanish Prime Minister is latest victim of NSO Group’s Pegasus spyware

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez and the country's defence minister Margarita Robles have been hacked with Pegasus spyware from the…

Big Tech could become the de facto regulator for spyware like Pegasus

The UK Prime Minister's office and the Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) have both been infected with Pegasus spyware,…

European Commission officials targeted by spyware

At least five officials at the European Commission were targeted by spyware last year, according to a report by news…

Spyware threatens both human rights and cybersecurity

Pegasus, a 'spyware' application from Israeli software company NSO Group, is sold as a tool to help governments crack down…

Should cloud providers take steps to avoid another NSO scandal?

The NSO spyware scandal continues to grow, with Amnesty International announcing on Tuesday that the company's phone-hacking software, Pegasus, had…

This Sophisticated Spyware Supports Advertising Fraud, Pulls Ads from Google’s AdSense

Cybersecurity specialist Bitdefender has identified an “extremely sophisticated piece of rootkit-based spyware” that has been running covertly since early 2012,…

Infosec 101: Spyware – The Silent Assassin in Your Computer

This year’s campaign is all about building awareness and helping others to become more cybersecurity canny. So, this series is…

Top five biggest threats to IoT security

  Hackers have recently been able to obtain access to a wide variety of connected devices, which has prompted new…