spyware
Google: Zero-Day Attacks Rise, Spyware and China are Dangers
The number of zero-day vulnerabilities that are exploited jumped in 2023, with enterprises becoming a larger target and spyware vendors and China-backed cyberespionage groups playing an increasingly bigger role, according to Google ...
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TikTok ‘Ban’ — ByteDance CEO and EFF are BFFs
Richi Jennings | | Bytedance, china, chinese government, EFF, Electronic Frontier Foundation, Privacy, SB Blogwatch, Shou Zi Chew, social media, spyware, TikTok, TikTok Ban
7521 momentum builds: Shou Zi Chew plays for time, while Electronic Frontier Foundation says TikTok-kill bill is DOA ...
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TikTok Ban Incoming — but ByteDance Fights Back
Richi Jennings | | Bytedance, china, chinese government, Privacy, SB Blogwatch, social media, spyware, TikTok, TikTok Ban
Hilltop BillTok: ByteDance mobilizing addicted user base, as U.S. TikTok ban steamrolls through Capitol Hill after unanimous committee vote ...
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US Uses Visa Restrictions in Struggle Against Spyware
The United States will impose visa restrictions on foreign individuals who have been involving the misuse of spyware, the latest effort by the Biden Administration to address the dangers of the commercial ...
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NSA iPhone Backdoor? Apple Avoids Russian Blame Game
Richi Jennings | | Apple, back door, backdoor, CVE-2023-32434, CVE-2023-32435, CVE-2023-32439, CVE-2023-38606, CVE-2023-41990, FSB, imessage, ios, iPhone, kaspersky, Kaspersky Lab, Kaspersky Security, nsa, Russia, Russian FSB, SB Blogwatch, spyware, triangulation, Zero Click Attack, Zero-Click Exploit
“No Ordinary Vulnerability” — Operation Triangulation research uncovers new details of fantastic attack chain ...
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Spying through Push Notifications
Bruce Schneier | | metadata, national security policy, Privacy, spyware, surveillance, transparency, Uncategorized
When you get a push notification on your Apple or Google phone, those notifications go through Apple and Google servers. Which means that those companies can spy on them—either for their own ...
TikTok Ban Banned — Montana Loses in US Court
Richi Jennings | | Bytedance, china, chinese government, Donald Molloy, Montana, Privacy, SB Blogwatch, spyware, TikTok
For you plague, still: States can’t just ban apps, says federal judge ...
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More iOS Zero-Days, More Mercenary Spyware — This Time: Cytrox Predator
Richi Jennings | | 0day, Ahmed Eltantawy, Apple iOS, Apple zero-day, Citizen Lab, CVE-2023-41991, CVE-2023-41992, CVE-2023-41993, CVE-2023-4762, Cytrox, egypt, Google Project Zero, ios, iOS spyware, Predator spyware, Privacy, Sandvine, SB Blogwatch, spyware, Vodafone, Vodafone Egypt
Apple Scrambled to Fix 3 More CVEs: Egyptian opposition presidential candidate Ahmed Eltantawy targeted “by the government ...
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Fake Signal and Telegram Apps in the Google Play Store
Google removed fake Signal and Telegram apps from its Play store. An app with the name Signal Plus Messenger was available on Play for nine months and had been downloaded from Play ...
BadBazaar: Chinese Spyware Shams Signal, Telegram Apps
Richi Jennings | | android, android spyware, APT15, BadBazaar, Flygram, google, Google Play Incompetence, Google Play Store, GREF, Lukas Stefanko, Nickel, Samsung, SB Blogwatch, signal, Signal Plus Messenger, spyware, Telegram, Vixen Panda
After sneaking into Google and Samsung app stores, “GREF” APT targets Uyghurs and other PRC minorities ...
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