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WhatsApp says it disrupted a hacking campaign targeting journalists with Paragon spyware

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WhatsApp said on Friday that it had disrupted a hacking campaign that targeted around 90 users, including journalists and members ...

An illustration photo shows the TikTok logo on a smartphone in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, China, January 17, 2025.

Supreme Court Says ‘Fuck Them Kids,’ Will Allow Feds to Ban TikTok

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The U.S. Supreme Court will allow the federal government to ban TikTok if the popular video-sharing app doesn’t find someone ...

Citizen Lab senior researcher John Scott-Railton, right, and Deputy U.S. Representative to the United Nations Dorothy Camille Shea, left, during the UN Security Council meeting on commercial spyware in New York City, on Jan. 14, 2025.

Governments call for spyware regulations in UN Security Council meeting

Micheal

On Tuesday, the United Nations Security Council held a meeting to discuss the dangers of commercial spyware, which marks the ...

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The FBI Says It Made Malware Delete Itself From American’s Computers

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The FBI just closed a backdoor into thousands of computers by telling the malware to delete itself. According to a ...

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How Barcelona became an unlikely hub for spyware startups

Micheal

Toward the end of 2023, an Israeli security researcher from Tel Aviv said that he was approached on LinkedIn with ...

NSO Group's spyware has been linked to thousands of hacks.

NSO Group Found Liable for Hacking WhatsApp Users in ‘Huge Win for Privacy’

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A federal court has found NSO Group, an Israeli spyware company, liable for reverse engineering WhatsApp in order to install ...