Twitter cans 2FA service provider over surveillance claims
Twitter is changing its 2FA service provider after allegations emerged that it sold access to its networks to surveillance companies.
Twitter cans 2FA service provider over surveillance claims
Twitter is changing its 2FA service provider after allegations emerged that it sold access to its networks to surveillance companies.
US sanctions founder of spyware maker Intellexa for targeting Americans | TechCrunch
The U.S. government announced Tuesday sanctions against the founder of the notorious spyware company Intellexa and one of his business partners. This is
Twitter cans 2FA service provider over surveillance claims
Twitter is changing its 2FA service provider after allegations emerged that it sold access to its networks to surveillance companies.
Government hackers targeted iPhones owners with zero-days, Google says
One of the hacking campaigns used exploits developed by Variston, a Barcelona-based startup. Sources say the spyware maker is losing staff.
Twitter cans 2FA service provider over surveillance claims
Twitter is changing its 2FA service provider after allegations emerged that it sold access to its networks to surveillance companies.
Apple Confirms Governments Using Push Notifications to Surveil Users - MacRumors
Unidentified governments are surveilling smartphone users by tracking push notifications that move through Google's and Apple's servers, a US... In a letter to the Department of Justice, Senator Ron Wyden said foreign officials were demanding the data from the tech giants to track smartphones. The traffic flowing from apps that send push notifications put the companies "in a unique position to facilitate government surveillance of how users are using particular apps," Wyden said. He asked the Department of Justice to "repeal or modify any policies" that hindered public discussions of push notification spying.
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Governments spying on Apple, Google users through push notifications
Unidentified governments are surveilling smartphone users via their apps' push notifications, a U.S. senator warned on Wednesday.
Twitter cans 2FA service provider over surveillance claims
Twitter is changing its 2FA service provider after allegations emerged that it sold access to its networks to surveillance companies.
Twitter cans 2FA service provider over surveillance claims
Twitter is changing its 2FA service provider after allegations emerged that it sold access to its networks to surveillance companies.
Ghost in the network
Our investigation shows how Fink has built a surveillance apparatus that he has put at the disposal of governments and companies around the world – including Israel’s Rayzone Group, a top-tier cyber intelligence company. Fink’s set-up is capable of exploiting loopholes in mobile phone connection protocols to track the location of phone users and even redirect their SMS messages to crack internet accounts.
Global Surveillance: The Secretive Swiss Dealer Enabling Israeli Spy Firms - National Security & Cyber
The International Mobile System Is Exposed and a Loophole Allows Hackers, Cybercriminals and States to Geolocate Targets and Even Hijack Email and Web Accounts. Israelis Can Be Found Among the Victims - and the Attackers
Xiaomi, OnePlus, Top Android Phones in China Spy on You: Study
A recent study shows that top-of-the-line Android phones sold in China are a total privacy nightmare.
A Roomba recorded a woman on the toilet. How did screenshots end up on Facebook?
Robot vacuum companies say your images are safe, but a sprawling global supply chain for data from our devices creates risk.
Leaked: The Altrnativ world of cybersurveillance
Leaked: The Altrnativ world of cybersurveillance About this series: As co-founder of the French search engine Qwant, Eric Leandri was heralded as a champion of digital privacy and an example of Eur…
Domestic Kitten campaign spying on Iranian citizens with new FurBall malware
ESET researchers recently identified a new version of the Android malware FurBall being used in a Domestic Kitten campaign conducted by the APT-C-50 group. The Domestic Kitten campaign is known to conduct mobile surveillance operations against Iranian citizens and this new FurBall version is no different in its targeting. Since June 2021, it has been distributed as a translation app via a copycat of an Iranian website that provides translated articles, journals, and books. The malicious app was uploaded to VirusTotal where it triggered one of our YARA rules (used to classify and identify malware samples), which gave us the opportunity to analyze it.
New US Executive Order unlikely to satisfy EU law
Today, the US government published an executive order, allegedly limiting US surveillance. This is a first statement by noyb.
Inside Fog Data Science, the Secretive Company Selling Mass Surveillance to Local Police
A data broker has been selling raw location data about individual people to federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies, EFF has learned. This personal data isn’t gathered from cell phone towers or tech giants like Google — it’s obtained by the broker via thousands of different apps on Android and iOS app stores as part of the larger location data marketplace.
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Greek intelligence service admits spying on journalist
The head of Greek intelligence told a parliamentary committee his agency had spied on a journalist, two sources present said, in a disclosure that coincides with growing pressure on the government to shed light on the use of surveillance malware.
BPFDoor — an active Chinese global surveillance tool
Recently, PwC Threat Intelligence documented the existence of BPFDoor, a passive network implant for Linux they attribute to Red Menshen…
When Nokia Pulled Out of Russia, a Vast Surveillance System Remained
The Finnish company played a key role in enabling Russia’s cyberspying, documents show, raising questions of corporate responsibility.
Twitter cans 2FA service provider over surveillance claims
Twitter is changing its 2FA service provider after allegations emerged that it sold access to its networks to surveillance companies.
Xiaomi, OnePlus, Top Android Phones in China Spy on You: Study
A recent study shows that top-of-the-line Android phones sold in China are a total privacy nightmare.
A Roomba recorded a woman on the toilet. How did screenshots end up on Facebook?
Robot vacuum companies say your images are safe, but a sprawling global supply chain for data from our devices creates risk.
Leaked: The Altrnativ world of cybersurveillance
Leaked: The Altrnativ world of cybersurveillance About this series: As co-founder of the French search engine Qwant, Eric Leandri was heralded as a champion of digital privacy and an example of Eur…
Domestic Kitten campaign spying on Iranian citizens with new FurBall malware
ESET researchers recently identified a new version of the Android malware FurBall being used in a Domestic Kitten campaign conducted by the APT-C-50 group. The Domestic Kitten campaign is known to conduct mobile surveillance operations against Iranian citizens and this new FurBall version is no different in its targeting. Since June 2021, it has been distributed as a translation app via a copycat of an Iranian website that provides translated articles, journals, and books. The malicious app was uploaded to VirusTotal where it triggered one of our YARA rules (used to classify and identify malware samples), which gave us the opportunity to analyze it.
New US Executive Order unlikely to satisfy EU law
Today, the US government published an executive order, allegedly limiting US surveillance. This is a first statement by noyb.
Inside Fog Data Science, the Secretive Company Selling Mass Surveillance to Local Police
A data broker has been selling raw location data about individual people to federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies, EFF has learned. This personal data isn’t gathered from cell phone towers or tech giants like Google — it’s obtained by the broker via thousands of different apps on Android and iOS app stores as part of the larger location data marketplace.
Greek intelligence service admits spying on journalist
The head of Greek intelligence told a parliamentary committee his agency had spied on a journalist, two sources present said, in a disclosure that coincides with growing pressure on the government to shed light on the use of surveillance malware.
BPFDoor — an active Chinese global surveillance tool
Recently, PwC Threat Intelligence documented the existence of BPFDoor, a passive network implant for Linux they attribute to Red Menshen…