Posted inEmerging Tech & Futurism
Politician who investigated spyware abuses had his phone hacked with Pegasus spyware
Security researchers have confirmed that a European politician had his phone hacked with the Pegasus spyware while serving…
Posted inEmerging Tech & Futurism
Italian prosecutors confirm journalist was hacked with Paragon spyware
Italian authorities confirmed that a journalist who was alerted by WhatsApp last year of a suspected spyware attack…
Posted inEmerging Tech & Futurism
Inside the story of the US defense contractor who leaked hacking tools to Russia
A veteran cybersecurity executive who prosecutors said “betrayed” the United States will spend at least the next seven…
Posted inEmerging Tech & Futurism
Former L3Harris Trenchant boss jailed for selling hacking tools to Russian broker
Peter Williams, a former U.S. defense contractor boss, was sentenced on Tuesday to seven years in prison for…
Posted inEmerging Tech & Futurism
Treasury sanctions Russian zero-day broker accused of buying exploits stolen from U.S. defense contractor
The U.S. government announced on Tuesday sanctions against two companies that acquire and resell zero-day exploits, as well…
Posted inEmerging Tech & Futurism
Intellexa’s Predator spyware used to hack iPhone of journalist in Angola, research says
A government customer of sanctioned spyware maker Intellexa hacked the phone of a prominent journalist in Angola, according…
Posted inEmerging Tech & Futurism
Here’s the tech powering ICE’s deportation crackdown
President Donald Trump said he would make countering immigration one of his flagship policies during his second term…
Posted inEmerging Tech & Futurism
Critics pan spyware maker NSO’s transparency claims amid its push to enter US market
NSO Group, one of the most well-known and controversial makers of government spyware, released a new transparency report…
Posted inEmerging Tech & Futurism
You’ve been targeted by government spyware. Now what?
It was a normal day when Jay Gibson got an unexpected notification on his iPhone. “Apple detected a…
Posted inEmerging Tech & Futurism
Meet the team that investigates when journalists and activists get hacked with government spyware
For more than a decade, dozens of journalists and human rights activists have been targeted and hacked by…