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The U.S. government placed two Israeli spyware companies on a blacklist this week, all but totally cutting them off from business opportunities with American firms. The move is yet another attempt by the Biden administration to clean up the ethically bankrupt spyware industry before it spins totally out of control. Read more…

European Lawmaker Targeted With Cytrox Predator Surveillance Spyware

Home › Cyberwarfare European Lawmaker Targeted With Cytrox Predator Surveillance Spyware By Ryan Naraine on July 26, 2022 Tweet A security audit by the European Parliament has unearthed attempts to plant high-end surveillance software on the phone of a Greek lawmaker and there are fresh reports linking the hack attempt to a known North Macedonia spyware vendor. The company, called Cytrox, was…

Spyware, the next level te lezen op mijn blog

In 2013 onthulde Edward Snowden het bestaan van een grootschalig afluisterprogramma, genaamd PRISM. Dit leidde tot hevige protesten. Lange tijd bleef het stil totdat in 2018 de Saoedische journalist Jamal Ahmad Khashoggi werd vermoord. Later bleek dat de smartphone van zijn vrouw Hanan Elatr was besmet met de afluistersoftware Pegasus van het Israëlische bedrijf NSO. Sindsdien haalt dergelijke…

Apple Adds ‘Lockdown Mode’ to Thwart .Gov Mercenary Spyware

Home › Cyberwarfare Apple Adds ‘Lockdown Mode’ to Thwart .Gov Mercenary Spyware By Ryan Naraine on July 06, 2022 Tweet Faced with a surge in state-sponsored mercenary spyware attacks targeting its flagship iOS platform, Apple plans to add a new ‘Lockdown Mode’ that significantly reduces attack surface and adds technical roadblocks to limit sophisticated software exploits. The Cupertino, Calif.…

Prologue

Troxx: "..I'll promise to come back.. for you. I may be far away but I will never let go.."