Tag: spying
Android: a flaw in Qualcomm and Mediatek SoCs allows spying on millions of smartphones
Check Point computer security researchers have discovered three critical security flaws within the audio decoders of chips from Qualcomm and Mediatek. According to them, these vulnerabilities would allow an attacker…
iPhone: Apple’s anti-tracking does not prevent apps from spying on you
According to computer security researchers at the University of Oxford, Apple’s anti-tracking system has flaws that allow applications and large companies such as Meta or Google to continue to collect…
Apple: a whistleblower accuses the firm of spying on its employees under the guise of product tests
Ashley Gjøvik has decided to file a complaint against Apple with regulatory bodies around the world. The engineer fired last year, presumably for having made too many waves within the…
Denmark expels 15 Russian diplomats for spying, Danish minister says
Denmark will expel 15 Russian diplomats for spying, Denmark’s foreign minister announced on Tuesday, a day after Russian diplomats were expelled from France and Germany for similar reasons. Read alsoDeparture…
Poland expels 45 Russian diplomats for spying
Europe 1 with AFP 12:25 p.m., March 23, 2022 Polish Interior Minister Mariusz Kaminski announced on Wednesday that Poland would expel “45 Russian spies posing as diplomats”. Those affected should…
Spanish journalist suspected of spying for Moscow arrested in Poland
Independent Spanish journalist Pablo Gonzalez was arrested at the Polish-Ukrainian border in Poland on suspicion of spying for Russian military intelligence GRU, the Polish Security Agency ABW and the journalist’s…
Russian scientist suspected of spying on Ariane program tried in Germany
A Russian scientist employed in a German university is on trial from Thursday, February 17 in Munich, accused of having spied on the European space program Ariane on behalf of…
Israel: the police accused of spying on personalities via Pegasus
NSO and Pegasus still under fire from critics. Seven months after a first scandal against a backdrop of global espionage, the Israeli company was accused on Monday February 7 by…
Pegasus and spying on citizens: the executive director of the NSO group resigns
Alexander Boero January 26, 2022 at 1:05 p.m. 5 © NSO Group The departures are linked within the company NSO, editor of the very controversial spyware Pegasus. Asher Levy, chief…
Cell phone spying by “My2022”?: Athletes’ association warns of Olympic app
Cell phone spying by “My2022”? Athletes’ Association warns of Olympic app 01/19/2022, 7:08 p.m The Chinese app “My2022” is intended to provide preventive protection against infection during the Olympic Games.…
Meta could pay a fine of 2.8 billion euros for spying on Facebook users
In the United Kingdom, several legal experts led by Liza Lovdahl Gormsen have come together to file a complaint against Meta. The latter claim 2.3 billion pounds sterling from the…
On iPhone, new malware is spying on you through the camera (even if you think you’ve turned it off)
Alexandre boero January 07, 2022 at 5:36 pm 2 Photo © Pierre Crochart A new Trojan horse blamed on iOS and theiPhone was discovered by cybersecurity researchers. This would be…