Tag: spyware
Spyware targeted Android phones of Ukrainian soldiers
Cover image: View of the Black Sea, September 1, 2023. STRINGER / AFP Russia said on Monday morning that it had destroyed four fast military patrol boats in the Black…
this dangerous spyware targets users of two messaging apps
According to ESET cybersecurity researchers, Android users of Signal and Telegram messaging apps have recently been threatened by a new strain of malware, which is basically spyware. Credit: 123RF Bad…
Hackers remove spyware from 75,000 smartphones for a very simple reason
Taking advantage of several security flaws, hackers break into the servers of a spy application in order to remove it from the 75,000 infected smartphones. The reason given is extremely…
Concerns in Russia over NetBeholder spyware
In the context of the war in Ukraine, the publication on July 3 of an article on the existence of a new surveillance network in Russia in the American newspaper…
The EU wanted to ban them, but France and Germany did not: spyware could target journalists in the name of “national security”
Samir Rahmoun June 26, 2023 at 6:15 p.m. 18 © 77studio/Getty Images The new media law agreed by members of the European Council will allow the use of spyware against…
The United States announces the dismantling of Snake, a formidable spyware
Game over for Snake? The United States has just announced on Tuesday the neutralization of a formidable Russian spyware nicknamed Snake. The American prosecution estimates that this malware would have…
MEPs call for more regulation of the use of spyware
No moratorium, as envisaged for a time, but an increased regulatory framework. After a year of work, the committee of inquiry of the European Parliament on spyware has just made…
Xiaomi, Oppo and OnePlus are accused of deliberately installing spyware on their smartphones
Xiaomi, Oppo, OnePlus would systematically transmit the data of Chinese users of their smartphones to various entities. A smartphone surrounded by surveillance cameras / Credit: 123rf A study of “the…
WhatsApp is finally suing the company that created the Pegasus spyware
Samir Rahmoun January 10, 2023 at 4:05 p.m. 2 WhatsApp will finally be able to judge the action of the Israeli company NSO, at the origin of the Pegasus spyware.…
beyond spyware, multiple forms of digital surveillance
The use of everyday digital tools as surveillance instruments regularly occurs in domestic violence cases. SOLÈNE REVENEY/“THE WORLD” Nothing is easier than sharing the position of your iPhone phone or…
Spyware: Google suspects a Spanish company of developing spyware
Google’s threat analysis group accuses in a blog post a Spanish company, Variston IT, based in Barcelona, of exploiting security flaws in Chrome and Firefox browsers and Microsoft Defender antivirus…