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Watchdog Warned UK Government of Spyware Infections Inside 10 Downing Street

Digital rights watchdog group Citizen Lab said on Monday it had warned British officials that electronic devices connected to government networks, including some inside the prime minister’s office and foreign ministry, appeared to be infected with Israeli-made spy software. The spy software is known as Pegasus, a product of Israeli cyber arms dealer NSO Group,…


The Looming Threat of Chinese Spyware

Commentary One of the great lessons of the past two years has been that the events poised to change our lives often percolate far from public consciousness. Gain-of-function research on coronaviruses interested almost no part of the general public until it was far too late. Critical race theory took over our classrooms long before parents…


Spyware Find Highlights Depth of Hacker-for-Hire Industry

BOSTON—Security researchers said Thursday they found two kinds of commercial spyware on the phone of a leading exiled Egyptian dissident, providing new evidence of the depth and diversity of the abusive hacker-for-hire industry. One piece of malware recently found on an iPhone belonging to Ayman Nour, a dissident and 2005 Egyptian presidential candidate who subsequently…


Chinese Woman Found Hidden Cameras In Five-Star Hotel

A Chinese woman discovered miniature hidden cameras in two hotel rooms during a business trip in Hunan Province. According to The Paper, a Chinese state-owned digital newspaper, on the night of Oct. 7, Ms. Tang checked-in at Linwu International Hotel in Hunan’s Chenzhou City. She had recently heard on the news that women are secretly photographed…


Apple Issues Urgent Software Update to Patch Spyware Vulnerability

Apple users are being encouraged to update their devices after researchers discovered a security flaw that could allow hackers to secretly install spyware without targets knowing. The company on Monday released an emergency patch to the vulnerability flaw that allowed advanced spyware to be installed into users’ Apple devices, including iPhones, iPads, Macs, and Apple…


Report Finds NSO Group’s Spyware Used on Bahraini Activists

RICHMOND, Va.—Nine activists from Bahrain had their iPhones hacked by advanced spyware made by the Israeli company NSO Group, the world’s most infamous hacker-for-hire firm, a cybersecurity watchdog reported on Tuesday. Citizen Lab at the University of Toronto said NSO Group’s Pegasus malware successfully hacked the phones between June 2020 and February 2021. Those reportedly…


French Finance Minister’s Phone Investigated in Pegasus Spyware Case

PARIS—The phone of France’s finance minister Bruno Le Maire is currently being investigated to determine whether it has been infected by spyware known as Pegasus. “We are in an investigation phase, and that includes my own device,” Bruno Le Maire told France Inter radio on Friday. He refused to elaborate on the investigation. The Pegasus…


Chinese Spyware Code Was Copied From America’s NSA: Researchers

WASHINGTON—Chinese spies used code first developed by the U.S. National Security Agency to support their hacking operations, Israeli researchers said on Monday, another indication of how malicious software developed by governments can boomerang against their creators. Tel Aviv-based Check Point Software Technologies issued a report noting that some features in a piece of China-linked malware…


Chinese Spyware Code Was Copied From NSA, Researchers Claim

WASHINGTON—Chinese spies used code first developed by the U.S. National Security Agency to support their hacking operations, Israeli researchers said on Feb. 22, in another indication of how malicious software developed by governments can boomerang against their creators. Tel Aviv-based Check Point Software Technologies issued a report noting that some features in a piece of…