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The Spanish Soccer League's smartphone app spies on fans in order to find bars that are illegally streaming its games. The app listens with the microphone for the broadcasts, and then uses...

Too much data slurped in October, months after snoops vowed not to do that Analysis The NSA illegally gathered a trove of Americans' phone and text message records just four months after it...

Dan Patterson interviews the KGB Espionage Museum's Agne Urbaityte about how agents in the field would blend in with their environment in order to spy.

"...nation-state actors have demonstrated intent and capability to leverage VPN services and vulnerable users for malicious purposes."

Chinese cyber-espionage group Emissary Panda has been targeting government organizations in two different countries in the Middle East, Palo Alto Networks security researchers say. read more

A WhatsApp zero-day has allowed an “advanced cyber actor” to successfully install spyware on victims' phones with no more than a phone call.

Turla Cyber Espionage Group's 5-Year Campaign Hit Three Targets, ESET WarnsA sophisticated nation-state spy network has quietly exploited a backdoor in Microsoft Exchange servers that gave...

Forensic analysis shows a Chinese APT using Equation Group hacking tools at least a year before Shadow Brokers dumped its cache in April 2017.

UK's Huawei handlers are proud of themselves The Huawei Cyber Security Evaluation Centre (HCSEC) has a giant banner hanging outside declaring its purpose to the world.…

Pragmatic chap looks at reality of international relations FIC2019 A French diplomat has suggested that future global regulation of cyberspace could exempt spying from regulation "as long as some...