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Meta has won its WhatsApp hacking lawsuit against Israeli spyware company NSO Group in an “important step forward for privacy and security”.
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A federal jury in California has ordered Israeli spyware maker NSO Group to pay approximately $168 million in damages to WhatsApp. The verdict, delivered on Tuesday, represents a pivotal victory in the ongoing global battle against commercial cyberespi…
In 2024, threat actors exploited 75 zero-days – i.e., vulnerabilities previously unknown to vendors, thus without a readily available patch – in a wide variety of attacks. Of these, 33 vulnerabilities (44%) affected enterprise solutions, wh…
Fake Alpine Quest app laced with spyware was used to target Russian military Android devices, stealing location data,…
Cybercriminals continually refine their tactics, making Android malware more insidious and challenging to detect. A new variant of the fake NextGen mParivahan malware has emerged, following its predecessor’s deceptive strategies but introducing significant enhancements. Previously, attackers exploited the government’s traffic notification system to distribute malware, sending fake messages that appeared to be official traffic violation […]
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A newly identified Android spyware app is elevating its tactics to remain hidden and unremovable by leveraging a password prompt for uninstallation. This unsettling feature effectively blocks users from removing the app unless the correct password—set …
Citizen Lab has a new report on Paragon’s spyware:
Key Findings:
- Introducing Paragon Solutions. Paragon Solutions was founded in Israel in 2019 and sells spyware called Graphite. The company differentiates itself by claiming it has safeguards to prevent the kinds of spyware abuses that NSO Group and other vendors are notorious for.
- Infrastructure Analysis of Paragon Spyware. Based on a tip from a collaborator, we mapped out server infrastructure that we attribute to Paragon’s Graphite spyware tool. We identified a subset of suspected Paragon deployments, including in Australia, Canada, Cyprus, Denmark, Israel, and Singapore.
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The report contains statistics on malware, initial infection vectors and other threats to industrial automation systems in Q4 2024.
Attacks involving Paragon’s Graphite spyware involved a WhatsApp zero-day that could be exploited without any user interaction.
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North Korea-linked APT group ScarCruft used a new Android spyware dubbed KoSpy to target Korean and English-speaking users. North Korea-linked threat actor ScarCruft (aka APT37, Reaper, and Group123) is behind a previously undetected Android surveillance tool named KoSpy that was used to target Korean and English-speaking users. ScarCruft has been active since at least 2012, it made the […]