China again claims Volt Typhoon cyber-attack crew was invented by the US to discredit it

Chinese authorities have published another set of allegations that assert the Volt Typhoon cyber-crew is an invention of the US and its allies, and not a crew run by Beijing. Published on Monday in five languages, a document titled “Lie Read More …

Modern TVs have “unprecedented capabilities for surveillance and manipulation”

Your television is debuting the latest, most captivating program: You. In a report titled “How TV Watches Us: Commercial Surveillance in the Streaming Era,” the Center for Digital Democracy (CDD) spotlighted a massive data-driven surveillance apparatus that ensnares the public Read More …

U.S. Wiretap Systems Targeted in China-Linked Hack

A cyberattack tied to the Chinese government penetrated the networks of a swath of U.S. broadband providers, potentially accessing information from systems the federal government uses for court-authorized network wiretapping requests. For months or longer, the hackers might have held Read More …

4 more nations sign on to US-led counter-spyware agreement

Austria, Estonia, Lithuania and the Netherlands on Sunday joined a U.S.-led pact designed to deter global spyware abuses, marking 21 nations signing onto the agreement after the alliance began with 11 participants in March of last year. The add-ins were Read More …

Internet surveillance firm Sandvine says it’s leaving 56 ‘non-democratic’ countries

Sandvine, the makers of surveillance-ware that allowed authoritarian countries to censor the internet and spy on their citizens, announced that it is leaving dozens of “non-democratic” countries as part of a major overhaul of the company. The company, which was Read More …

President Urges Colombians to Check Their Phones for Pegasus Spyware

“Anyone who suspects illegal infection of their phones can consult this page or use the government service we will provide. I urge young people, especially those connected to youth leaders who disappeared or died during the strike, to use these Read More …

US sanctions fail to deter Predator spyware utilization

Intellexa Group’s Predator spyware has experienced a resurgence in activity following a decline spurred by sanctions imposed by the Biden administration, reports The Record, a news site by cybersecurity firm Recorded Future. Angola and the Democratic Republic of Congo, which Read More …

Hacked GPS tracker reveals location data of customers

Stalkerware researcher maia arson crimew strikes again. Big time. We know maia as a researcher that loves to go after stalkerware peddlers, which Malwarebytes—as one of the founding members of the Coalition Against Stalkerware—loves to see. The investigation into Tracki, Read More …

UK to conduct review on tackling ‘extremist ideologies’, including misogyny

UK Home Secretary Yvette Cooper has ordered a review of the United Kingdom’s counterterrorism strategy on how to best tackle threats by “extremist ideologies” including misogyny. Other ideological trends to be investigated by the Home Office include “Islamism” and far-right Read More …

5G network flaws could be abused to let hackers spy on your phone

5G basebands could be exploited by attackers to allow them to send fake messages to your contacts, or even hand over your credentials using a very real-looking website, experts have warned. Unveiled at the Black Hat cybersecurity conference, a research Read More …