Security News

ChatGPT macOS Flaw Could've Enabled Long-Term Spyware via Memory Function
2024-09-25 11:47

A now-patched security vulnerability in OpenAI's ChatGPT app for macOS could have made it possible for attackers to plant long-term persistent spyware into the artificial intelligence (AI) tool's...

UK activists targeted with Pegasus spyware ask police to charge NSO Group
2024-09-19 12:16

4 file complaint with London's Met, alleging malware maker helped autocratic states violate their privacy Four UK-based proponents of human rights and critics of Middle Eastern states today filed...

Predator spyware kingpins added to US sanctions list
2024-09-17 13:44

Designations come as new infrastructure spins up in Africa Five individuals and one company with ties to spyware developer Intellexa are the latest to earn sanctions as the US expands efforts to...

U.S. Treasury Sanctions Executives Linked to Intellexa Predator Spyware Operation
2024-09-17 12:06

The U.S. Department of Treasury has imposed fresh sanctions against five executives and one entity with ties to the Intellexa Consortium for their role in the development, operation, and...

US cracks down on spyware vendor Intellexa with more sanctions
2024-09-16 16:33

Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury has sanctioned five executives and one entity linked to the Intellexa Consortium for developing and distributing Predator commercial spyware. [...]

Apple Drops Spyware Case Against NSO Group, Citing Risk of Threat Intelligence Exposure
2024-09-16 07:12

Apple has filed a motion to "voluntarily" dismiss its lawsuit against commercial spyware vendor NSO Group, citing a shifting risk landscape that could lead to exposure of critical "threat...

Predator spyware updated with dangerous new features, also now harder to track
2024-09-09 02:00

Plus: Trump family X accounts hijacked to promote crypto scam; Fog ransomware spreads; Hijacked PyPI packages; and more Infosec in brief After activating its chameleon field and going to ground...

What a coincidence. Spyware makers, Russia's Cozy Bear seem to share same exploits
2024-08-29 20:03

Google researchers note similarities, can't find smoking-gun link Google's Threat Analysis Group (TAG) has spotted an interesting pattern: A Kremlin-linked cyber-espionage crew and commercial...

Russian APT29 hackers use iOS, Chrome exploits created by spyware vendors
2024-08-29 13:04

The Russian state-sponsored APT29 hacking group has been observed using the same iOS and Android exploits created by commercial spyware vendors in a series of cyberattacks between November 2023...

New Android Spyware LianSpy Evades Detection Using Yandex Cloud
2024-08-06 09:36

Users in Russia have been the target of a previously undocumented Android post-compromise spyware called LianSpy since at least 2021. Cybersecurity vendor Kaspersky, which discovered the malware in March 2024, noted its use of Yandex Cloud, a Russian cloud service, for command-and-control communications as a way to avoid having a dedicated infrastructure and evade detection.