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FTC Orders Spyware Vendor to Stop Business
In a rare move, the FTC ordered SpyFone and its CEO to stop its surveillance business operations.
Kushner Ally Ken Kurson Hit With Cyberstalking Charges After Trump Pardon
“We will not accept presidential pardons as get-out-of-jail-free cards for the well-connected in New York,” District Attorney Cy Vance said in a press release.
Israeli Authorities Inspect NSO Offices After Damning Investigation
NSO said it is working with Israeli authorities “in full transparency.”
NSO Says ‘Enough Is Enough,’ Will No Longer Talk to the Press About Damning Reports
The Israeli surveillance technology maker denied that the list, which underpins a series of bombshell stories in several media outlets, has anything to do with the company.
Mysterious Israeli Spyware Vendor’s Windows Zero-Days Caught in the Wild
Microsoft and Citizen Lab found a new kind of spyware made by the mysterious Israeli vendor Candiru, and targeting someone in Europe based on their political beliefs.
Government Spyware Firm That Put Rogue Apps on Play Store Goes Bankrupt
A court just declared eSurv, a company that sold spyware to Italian cops, bankrupt.
A Spyware Vendor Seemingly Made a Fake WhatsApp to Hack Targets
Technical analyses by Citizen Lab and Motherboard found links between a fake version of WhatsApp and Cy4Gate, an Italian surveillance firm that works with cops and intelligence agencies.
Israeli Court Rules NSO Group Can Continue Exporting Spyware
NSO Group will be allowed to keep exporting its powerful hacking and surveillance tech after what Amnesty Internatioal calls a “disgraceful ruling.”
Hacking Team Founder: ‘Hacking Team is Dead’
The company's former CEO posted a bizarre obituary on LinkedIn saying the infamous surveillance firm is "definitely dead."
'Scam' Spyware Vendor Gets Caught, Once Again
Security researchers expose a new Android malware linked to Manish Kumar, the infamous owner of government spyware vendor Wolf Intelligence.
Iran Launched an App That Claimed to Diagnose Coronavirus. Instead, It Collected Location Data on Millions of People.
“They can actually track you. If you move your device from location A to B, they can actually see that in real time.”
Indian Cops Have Been Asked to Spy on Students’ WhatsApp Groups
At a conference in December 2019 addressed by PM Modi, cops were also asked to monitor tweets and speeches.