U.S. President Joe Biden on Monday signed an executive order that restricts the use of commercial spyware by federal government agencies. The order said the spyware ecosystem “poses significant counterintelligence or security risks to the United States Government or significant risks of improper use by a foreign government or foreign person.” It also seeks to […]
As part of the campaign, victims were lured to a VPN application claiming to provide access to Bahaʼi religious resources that are banned in Iran. The application contains highly sophisticated spyware designed to collect all types of data from devices, including call logs and contact lists, and to track victims’ activities. The malware, named SandStrike, […]
Technical remedies alone will fall to stop the rising proliferation of advanced spyware, members of the U.S. House Intelligence Committee heard today. Once only a handful of companies worldwide specialized in mobile device malware sophisticated enough to get around security protections built by Apple and Google, said John Scott-Railton, a senior researcher at The Citizen […]
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