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Russian crypto exchange Garantex seized by law enforcement operation

An international coalition of law enforcement agencies seized the official website of Garantex, which has previously been sanctioned by the U.S. and E.U. governments.

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Yesterday β€” 5 March 2025Main stream

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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