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Officials who are US allies among targets of NSO malware, says WhatsApp chief
Will Cathcart claims government officials around the world among 1,400 WhatsApp users targeted in 2019
Senior government officials around the world – including individuals in high national security positions who are “allies of the US” – were targeted by governments with NSO Group spyware in a 2019 attack against 1,400 WhatsApp users, according to the messaging app’s chief executive.
Will Cathcart disclosed the new details about individuals who were targeted in the attack after revelations this week by the Pegasus project, a collaboration of 17 media organisations which investigated NSO, the Israeli company that sells its powerful surveillance software to government clients around the world.
What is in the data leak?
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Biden Administration Responds to Geopolitical Cyber Threats
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FIN7’s Liquor Lure Compromises Law Firm with Backdoor
Using a lure relating to a lawsuit against the owner of Jack Daniels whiskey, the cybergang launched a campaign that may be bent on ransomware deployment.
GitHub boosts supply chain security for Go modules
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The Pegasus project: why investigations like this are at the heart of the Guardian’s mission
Guardian editor-in-chief Katharine Viner reflects on our recent investigation into NSO Group, which sells hacking spyware used by governments around the world, and explains why journalism like this is so vital
When the Guardian’s head of investigations, Paul Lewis, first told me about a huge data leak suggesting authoritarian regimes were possibly using smartphone hacking software to target activists, politicians and journalists, perhaps the worst part is that I wasn’t particularly surprised.
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Continue reading...How NSO became the company whose software can spy on the world
The Pegasus project has raised new concerns about the Israeli firm, which is a world leader in the niche surveillance market
In 2019, when NSO Group was facing intense scrutiny, new investors in the Israeli surveillance company were on a PR offensive to reassure human rights groups.
In an exchange of public letters in 2019, they told Amnesty International and other activists that they would do “whatever is necessary” to ensure NSO’s weapons-grade software would only be used to fight crime and terrorism.
What is in the data leak?
The Pegasus project is a collaborative journalistic investigation into the NSO Group and its clients. The company sells surveillance technology to governments worldwide. Its flagship product is Pegasus, spying software – or spyware – that targets iPhones and Android devices. Once a phone is infected, a Pegasus operator can secretly extract chats, photos, emails and location data, or activate microphones and cameras without a user knowing.
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Continue reading...Protecting the hybrid workplace through Zero Trust security
The Zero Trust architecture offers an increasingly popular way to minimize cyber-risk in a world of hybrid cloud, flexible working and persistent threat actors.
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FBI: Cybercriminals Eyeing Broadcast Disruption at Tokyo Olympics
Expected cyberattacks on Tokyo Olympics likely include attempts to hijack video feeds, the Feds warn.
Phish Swims Past Email Security With Milanote Pages
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Critical Jira Flaw in Atlassian Could Lead to RCE
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Apple Issues Urgent iPhone Updates; None for Pegasus Zero-Day
Update now: The ream of bugs includes some remotely exploitable code execution flaws. Still to come: a fix for what makes iPhones easy prey for Pegasus spyware.
Popular Wi‑Fi routers still using default passwords making them susceptible to attacks
To mitigate the chances of their Wi-Fi home routers being compromised, users would do well to change the manufacturer’s default access credentials
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Paving the way: Inspiring Women in Payments - A podcast featuring Marie Babineau
There was once a time when Marie Babineau felt she had to pretend to be one of the boys in order to be taken seriously. Determined to prove herself to her male colleagues, Marie learned how to crimp an RG-45 wire, program a router in command line, and become a fierce Unix system admin, among many other highly technical skills. The more she learned, the more confidence she gained. In this edition of our podcast, Marie explores the theme of building confidence and how we can start at an early age by not perpetuating a frequently held stereotype: that girls are not good at math.
Microsoft Issues Windows 10 Workaround Fix for ‘SeriousSAM’ Bug
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