Crypto exchange Bitby disclosed a breach that that amounts to a loss of $1.4 billion, the largest crypto theft of all time.

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In an unprecedented step, Apple caved to a reported U.K. government’s demand to prevent users from using end-to-end encryption in iCloud.

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Using stalkerware is creepy, unethical, potentially illegal, and puts your data and that of your loved ones in danger.

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The little-known surveillance vendor filed for bankruptcy in January, after years of peddling spyware to countries like Colombia.

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Cameron John Wagenius pleaded guilty to hacking AT&T and Verizon and stealing a massive trove of phone records from the companies, according to court records filed on Wednesday. Wagenius, who was a U.S. Army soldier, pleaded guilty to two counts of “unlawful transfer of confidential phone records information” on an online forum and via an […]

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Researchers found that PirateFI was never designed to be a real game, but a vehicle to infect gamers with malware and steal their passwords with an infostealer called Vidar.

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Meet the DOGE staffers and senior advisors in Elon Musk's inner circle, and how they got there.

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The gaming giant told affected users: "Consider fully reformatting your operating system"

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Italian company SIO, which sells to government customers, is behind an Android spyware campaign called Spyrtacus that spoofed popular apps like WhatsApp, per security researchers.

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Four people have so far come forward as victims of the Paragon spyware campaign targeting WhatsApp users, including one journalist and three activists.

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Unknown attackers may have exploited a zero-day bug to access data on locked phones, according to Apple.

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Following allegations of potential abuse, Paragon Solutions has cut off Italy from its spyware systems.

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WhatsApp said users in several European countries were targeted with Paragon spyware, according to the Italian government.

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The latest target of Paragon spyware openly questions if he was targeted by the Italian government.

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Israeli spyware maker Paragon Solutions confirmed to TechCrunch that it sells its products to the U.S. government and other unspecified allied countries. Paragon’s executive chairman John Fleming said in a statement to TechCrunch on Tuesday that “Paragon licenses its technology to a select group of global democracies — principally, the United States and its allies.” […]

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An Italian investigative journalist said he was the target of a spyware attack disclosed by WhatsApp.

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The Meta-owned company said the campaign was linked to Israeli spyware maker Paragon.

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U.S. prosecutors accused an Argentinian national living in Spain of being an “active administrator” of Nulled, one of the two hacking forums seized and shut down by authorities.

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Authorities said the two forums — Cracked and Nulled — had more than 10 million users.

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A cybersecurity company says hackers are pushing Mac and Windows malware through sites that are using outdated versions of WordPress.

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