spyware

Why do apps require more permissions than they need? Cybernews research has revealed the risks for Android users associated with excessive permissions in popular apps. According to experts, many of the programs require significantly more access than is necessary for them to function, which...

Taking out money by plane and spying on the opposition is only part of the actions of the previous president. Colombian President Gustavo Petro has asked the Attorney General's Office to investigate the purchase of Pegasus spyware worth $11 million. According to Petro, Pegasus could have been...

How an active position provokes an opponent to violate human rights. German MEP Daniel Freund said that 2 weeks before the European Parliament elections, he was the target of an attack using sophisticated spyware. A detailed description of the situation was shared by the publication Politico...

Device owners around the world received notifications about potential attacks. Apple again warns iPhone users about the threat of spyware. The company sent out notifications to device owners in 98 countries around the world, informing them of potential attacks by hired spyware. This is the...

The hacker showed how to easily extract the saved data. Shortly before the official launch of Windows Recall on new Copilot+ PCs , security researchers demonstrated that preview versions of the tool store screenshots in an unencrypted database. Ethical hacker Alex Hagenach has released a tool...

The malware, also known as F_Warehouse, is a modular tracking platform for iOS and Android, allowing it to steal a wide range of data from mobile devices, including files, screenshots, geolocation, conversation recordings and WeChat payment information, as well as data from Telegram and QQ...

An unknown hacker took revenge on the app developers using their own methods. A hacker broke into the website of the pcTattletale spy app, which, as it turned out, was installed in the check-in systems of several Wyndham hotels in the United States. The attacker posted offensive content on the...

Guests names, booking details and payment details are available from the Internet to literally everyone. Spyware that collects and publishes screenshots of customers personal information has been found on guest registration computers at several Wyndham hotels in the United States. The program...

Presidents do not want to give up the possibility of mass surveillance of citizens. Sophie in't Veld, a leading member of the European Parliament, criticized European authorities for failing to deal with the misuse of spyware that is spreading across the continent. The parliamentarian's...

Malaysia, Israel, Greece... Who else is involved in this web of surveillance? According to the human rights organization Amnesty International , Indonesia secretly acquires spyware through a complex network of intermediaries stretching from Israel to Greece, Singapore and Malaysia. The...

The politician revealed illegal actions of the authorities to track the opposition. In Poland, from 2017 to 2022, the commercial spyware Pegasus was used to spy on almost 578 citizens, said Prosecutor General Adam Bodnar. According to him, the peak of incidents occurred in 2021, when 162 cases...

The corporation warned users about hacking devices. On April 10, Apple sent warnings to iPhone users in 92 countries about the possible threat of spyware infection. The message states: "Apple has discovered that your iPhone, which is associated with your Apple ID, was the target of a spy...

Is Predator really what it claims to be? Insikt has identified a new infrastructure allegedly used by commercial Predator spyware operators in at least 11 countries. Analyzing the domains that could be used to distribute the program, experts found potential Predator customers in Angola...

Tixati is a great choice for users who need a powerful and versatile BitTorrent client. Tixati is a free and convenient BitTorrent client that provides a detailed view of the status of torrents, seeds, peers, and file transfers. The program has advanced tools for visualizing and configuring...

How much do spies from the Middle Kingdom earn? Researchers respond. Documents leaked online reveal details about the development of spyware by China's I-Soon, which targets social networks, telecommunications companies and other organizations around the world. It is assumed that the Chinese...

Experts described the process of searching for a virus using the log in iOS. Kaspersky Lab specialists shared their experience in analyzing iOS devices infected with Pegasus spyware from the Israeli company NSO Group. Malicious programs were found to leave traces in the system Shutdown.log...

Will this decision save the United States from being accused of spying on the whole world? The US Department of Commerce has announced that it will stop supporting US companies in selling commercial spyware to foreign governments. The decision was announced in a letter to Senator Ron Wyden from...

Changing the name didn't help the Spyhide app evade the law. The spy app called Oospy has stopped working. It appeared in the middle of this year after the disclosure of its predecessor, the Spyhide program, which secretly monitored tens of thousands of Android users around the world. When the...

The corporation left no chance for spies, increasing the security of outdated devices. Apple has released security updates for older iPhones to fix the zero-day vulnerability CVE-2023-41064, which was actively used to infect iOS devices with NSO Pegasus spyware. CVE-2023-31064 — This is a...