South Africa was threatened with a serious cyberattack from people claiming to be ex-Mossad hackers, according to documents included in the “spy cables” cache that was recently leaked to Al Jazeera… Read more »
The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation has officially pointed to North Korea as the culprit behind the hacking of Sony Pictures Entertainment — an incident that was allegedly connected with a… Read more »
The malware, known as Regin, is highly sophisticated and must have been the product of a nation state, researchers at Symantec have concluded. It has targeted many kinds of individuals and… Read more »
The tool, distributed by human rights groups such as Amnesty and the EFF, is supposed to find evidence of spyware packages such as FinFisher, which is used by governments to monitor… Read more »
Security researchers at Palo Alto Networks have identified a novel and nasty strain of malware that steals device and user data — but they reckon its full functionality is yet to… Read more »
The case involves a notorious piece of spyware, sold by a British firm, that helps spies and police all over the world gain access to their targets’ computing devices. Read more »
Providing its shareholders give it the all-clear, the deal will give AVG’s mobile ambitions a big boost through the partnerships Location Labs has with major carriers. Read more »
Small, activist-friendly providers from around the world have joined Privacy International in suing GCHQ over its malware-aided surveillance of telecommunications networks. Read more »
According to Kaspersky Lab, a malware bundle dubbed “The Mask” was used to spy on government institutions, activists and energy companies across 31 countries for years. Here’s what it did, and… Read more »