Security News

iOS Version of Exodus Spyware Discovered in an Escalating Italian Spy Scandal
2019-04-09 16:10

On March 29, 2019, Security Without Borders described the discovery of Android spyware it termed Exodus. The story linked the spyware to a company called eSurv with links to Italian government...

Leaky Martin will be livin' la vida lockdown: Ex-NSA bod cops to taking home '50TB' of hush-hush spy files
2019-03-29 01:14

'Hoarder' faces up to nine years in the cooler for taking home snoop agency's secrets Ex-NSA contractor Harold Martin has admitted he took home piles of top-secret reports and blueprints from...

China Does Not Ask Firms to Spy on Others: Premier
2019-03-15 17:35

China will "never" ask its firms to spy on other nations, Premier Li Keqiang said Friday, amid US warnings that Chinese telecommunications behemoth Huawei poses security risks. read more

Swedish Police Arrest Russia Spy Suspect
2019-02-27 16:11

A technology worker suspected of spying for Russia has been arrested in Stockholm, the Swedish authorities said Wednesday. The person was believed to have been "recruited as an agent by a Russian...

China's tech giants are a security threat to the UK, says Brit spy bigwig
2019-02-25 19:08

Times are strange when spies talk about infosec and economics colliding The world must "understand the opportunities and threats from China's technological offer", GCHQ director Jeremy Fleming...

New Unpatched macOS Flaw Lets Apps Spy On Your Safari Browsing History
2019-02-12 18:48

A new security vulnerability has been discovered in the latest version of Apple's macOS Mojave that could allow a malicious application to access data stored in restricted folders which are...

Undercover Spy Exposed in NYC Was 1 of Many
2019-02-11 05:11

LONDON (AP) — When mysterious operatives lured two cybersecurity researchers to meetings at luxury hotels over the past two months, it was an apparent bid to discredit their research about an...

Merkel Opens Spy Agency's Massive New Berlin HQ
2019-02-08 17:30

Chancellor Angela Merkel on Friday inaugurated the new, fortress-like Berlin headquarters of Germany's scandal-plagued BND foreign intelligence service. Located where the Berlin Wall once...

EE customer: Creepy ex used employee access to change my mobile number, spy on me
2019-02-08 11:35

Chap slapped with harassment warning, sacked from UK mobile network A staffer at BT Group's EE has been accused of using his employee access to peek at his ex's account details and change her...

Chinese Hackers Spy on U.S. Law Firm, Major Norwegian MSP
2019-02-06 18:41

China-linked cyber-espionage group APT10 has targeted companies in the United States and Europe to steal intellectual property or gain commercial advantage, Recorded Future security researchers...