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US said to halt offensive cyber operations against Russia 

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The United States has suspended its offensive cyber operations against Russia, according to reports, amid efforts by the Trump administration to grant Moscow concessions to end the war in Ukraine. The reported order to halt U.S.-launched hacking operations against Russia was authorized by U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, according to The Record. The new guidance […]

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Researchers uncover unknown Android flaws used to hack into a student’s phone

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Amnesty International said that Google fixed previously unknown flaws in Android that allowed authorities to unlock phones using forensic tools. On Friday, Amnesty International published a report detailing a chain of three zero-day vulnerabilities developed by phone-unlocking company Cellebrite, which its researchers found after investigating the hack of a student protester’s phone in Serbia. The

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Hacked, leaked, exposed: Why you should never use stalkerware apps

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There is a whole shady industry for people who want to monitor and spy on their families. Multiple app makers market their software — sometimes referred to as stalkerware — to jealous partners who can use these apps to access their victims’ phones remotely.  Yet, despite how sensitive this data is, an increasing number of

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Cellebrite suspends Serbia as customer after claims police used firm’s tech to plant spyware

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Cellebrite announced on Tuesday that it stopped Serbia from using its technology, following allegations that Serbian police and intelligence used Cellebrite’s technology to unlock the phones of a journalist and an activist, and then plant spyware.  In December 2024, Amnesty International published a report that accused Serbian police of using Cellebrite’s forensics tools to hack

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Hacked, leaked, exposed: Why you should never use stalkerware apps

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There is a whole shady industry for people who want to monitor and spy on their families. Multiple app makers market their software — sometimes referred to as stalkerware — to jealous partners who can use these apps to access their victims’ phones remotely.  Yet, despite how sensitive this data is, an increasing number of

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Hackers planted a Steam game with malware to steal gamers’ passwords

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Last week, Valve removed a game from its online store Steam because the product was laced with malware.  After the removal of the game, which was called PirateFI, security researchers analyzed the malware and found that whoever planted it modified an existing video game in an attempt to trick gamers into installing an info-stealer called

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Spyware maker caught distributing malicious Android apps for years

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Italian spyware maker SIO, known to sell its products to government customers, is behind a series of malicious Android apps that masquerade as WhatsApp and other popular apps but steal private data from a target’s device, TechCrunch has exclusively learned. Late last year, a security researcher shared three Android apps with TechCrunch, claiming they were

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China’s Salt Typhoon hackers continue to breach telecom firms despite US sanctions

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Security researchers say the Chinese government-linked hacking group, Salt Typhoon, is continuing to compromise telecommunications providers, despite the recent sanctions imposed by the U.S. government on the group.  In a report shared with TechCrunch, threat intelligence firm Recorded Future said it had observed Salt Typhoon — which the company tracks as “RedMike” — breaching five

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Another person targeted by Paragon spyware comes forward

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Another person who was allegedly targeted on WhatsApp with spyware made by Israeli company Paragon has come forward. Beppe Caccio, one of the co-founders of Mediterranea Saving Humans, an Italian non-government organization that helps immigrants, told TechCrunch that he had been targeted by the spyware campaign.  Caccio disclosed he was targeted after another one of

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