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Russian programmer says FSB agents planted spyware on his Android phone

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A programmer said the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) installed spyware on his Android phone after he was detained in Moscow earlier this year. Security researchers confirmed that his phone had spyware installed, likely when the authorities had physical access to his phone and had forced him to give up his passcode.  For the programmer […]

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Senators say U.S. military is failing to secure its phones from foreign spies

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Two U.S. senators are accusing the Department of Defense of not doing enough to protect the communications of its military personnel, as the U.S. government contends with an ongoing Chinese hacking campaign targeting American phone and internet giants. The senators say the Department of Defense still relies too heavily on old fashioned landline calls, and

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US says Chinese hackers are still lurking in American phone networks

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U.S. government officials said Tuesday that the China-backed hacking group dubbed Salt Typhoon are still inside some of the networks of America’s largest phone and internet providers, weeks after the long-running hacking campaign first came to light. Cybersecurity agency CISA said in a call with reporters the affected telecom giants are still trying to evict

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CISA, FBI urge Americans to use encrypted messaging apps to combat Chinese telco hackers

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U.S. government officials said Tuesday that the China-backed hacking group dubbed Salt Typhoon are still inside some of the networks of America’s largest phone and internet providers, weeks after the long-running hacking campaign first came to light. Cybersecurity agency CISA said in a call with reporters the affected telecom giants are still trying to evict

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UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson shot and killed in New York

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Brian Thompson, the CEO of UnitedHealthcare, was fatally shot in Midtown Manhattan early Wednesday morning while walking toward the New York Hilton Midtown for his company’s annual investor conference. According to emerging media reports, Thompson was fired on from roughly 20 feet away by a masked gunman, who appeared to be waiting for Thompson, and

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Ransomware hackers target NHS hospitals with new cyberattacks

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Ransomware hackers have continued an assault on National Health Service trusts across the United Kingdom by compromising multiple hospitals, exposing sensitive patient data and disrupting emergency services. Inc Ransom, a prolific Russia-linked ransomware group that claimed responsibility for an attack on NHS Scotland earlier this year, now claims to have breached the Alder Hey Children’s

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Business leaders among Pegasus spyware victims, says security firm

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Security firm iVerify said a leader of a big company was among several individuals whose iPhones were recently targeted with the Pegasus spyware.  While journalists, human rights defenders, lawmakers, and political officials are frequent targets of state surveillance, reports of spyware compromising the phones of business leaders are rare, but not unheard of. The findings

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US says Chinese hackers are still lurking in American phone networks

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U.S. government officials said Tuesday that the China-backed hacking group dubbed Salt Typhoon are still inside some of the networks of America’s largest phone and internet providers, weeks after the long-running hacking campaign first came to light. Cybersecurity agency CISA said the affected telecom giants are still trying to evict the hackers, in part because

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FTC bans two data brokers from collecting and selling Americans’ sensitive location data

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Two U.S. data brokers have agreed not to collect private location data on Americans as part of a pair of settlements with the U.S. Federal Trade Commission, which accused the companies of unlawfully tracking millions of people near to sensitive locations like healthcare facilities and military bases. The two settlements, announced Tuesday, will prohibit Virginia-based

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