Apple releases patches for zero-day vulnerability to block spyware

Apple users need to update their software immediately. Security experts discovered a flaw that allows highly intrusive spyware from Israel’s NSO Group to infect anyone’s iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch and…

FTC bans Spyfone and its CEO from surveillance business

Spyware maker Spyfone and CEO Scott Zuckerman have been barred from the surveillance business by the Federal Trade Commission after failing to protect customers’ devices from hackers and sharing information…

Pegasus Project – Spyware used to target journalist, activists and others

The Pegasus Project was a large-scale investigation into the leak of 50,000 phone numbers of possible spying targets, which indicated NSO Group’s malware was being exploited.   According to an…

Israeli firm Candiru exploited Windows zero-days to deploy spyware

Candiru, an Israeli surveillance company also known as Sourgum, used Windows zero-day exploits to release DevilsTongue, a new Windows malware.   According to Microsoft and Citizen Lab researchers, Candiru’s spyware…

Kaseya Supply-Chain attack: REvil ransomware gang demands $70 million

New information on how the notorious Russia-linked REvil cybercrime gang may have carried off the unprecedented attack has emerged amid the massive supply-chain ransomware attack that launched an infection chain…

Kaseya supply-chain attack: Firms hit by REvil ransomware

Through a Kaseya supply-chain attack, a huge REvil ransomware campaign impacts many managed service providers and their clients.   Through what seems to be a Kaseya VSA supply-chain attack, the…

Chinese researchers accidentally revealed a Windows zero-day flaw

  A critical Windows zero-day flaw known as PrintNightmare was accidentally disclosed by security researchers in China.   Sangfor Technologies, based in Shenzhen, mistakenly published technical data including a proof-of-concept…

Gozi trojan creator arrested by Colombia police

Colombian law enforcement has apprehended an accused cybercriminal who distributed the Gozi Trojan.   Mihai Ionut Paunescu, popularly known as “Virus,” a Romanian national, was one of three main suspects…

Russian hackers had access to Denmark’s central bank for months

Russian state hackers infiltrated Denmark central bank (Danmarks Nationalbank) by planting malware that allowed them to access the network without being noticed for several months.   The hacker division of…