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Catalan court says NSO Group executives can be charged in spyware investigation

The ruling said that a lower court can charge two NSO Group co-founders and a former executive of two affiliate companies for the alleged hacking of a lawyer.

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Hackers launder most of Bybit’s stolen crypto worth $1.4B

Experts note that this is just the first step for the alleged North Korean hackers to profit from the historic heist.

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As Skype shuts down, its legacy is end-to-end encryption for the masses

iMessage, Signal, and WhatsApp have made E2EE the default for messaging, but Skype paved the way decades ago.

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

28 February 2025 at 11:38

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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FBI says North Korea β€˜responsible’ for $1.4 billion Bybit heist

27 February 2025 at 07:02

The U.S. government law enforcement agency said a North Korean government hacking group it calls TraderTraitor was behind the massive hack of Bybit.

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

26 February 2025 at 07:55

Security researchers found evidence that Cellebrite was used by Serbian police to hack into the cellphones of a local journalist and an activist.

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Researchers accuse North Korea of $1.4 billion Bybit crypto heist

24 February 2025 at 08:50

North Korea is behind the massive crypto hack, according to several blockchain monitoring firms and a well-known researcher

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Crypto exchange Bybit says it was hacked and lost around $1.4B

21 February 2025 at 10:00

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

27 February 2025 at 10:00

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

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Spanish spyware startup Mollitiam Industries shuts down

19 February 2025 at 12:00

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

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US Army soldier pleads guilty to AT&T and Verizon hacks

19 February 2025 at 07:57

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 β€œunlawful transfer of confidential phone records information” on an online forum and via an […]

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

18 February 2025 at 09:22

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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Valve removes Steam game that contained malware

13 February 2025 at 08:59

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

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Spyware maker caught distributing malicious Android apps for years

13 February 2025 at 07:10

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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Another person targeted by Paragon spyware comes forward

11 February 2025 at 09:07

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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