The Mexican government or army has allegedly continued to use spyware designed to hack into the cellphones of activists, despite a pledge by President Andrés Manuel López Obrador to end such practices.
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NSA Cyber Specialist, Army Doctor Charged in US Spying Cases
A cyber specialist who worked at the US National Security Agency and an army doctor and his wife were charged Thursday in separate cases with seeking to sell US secrets to foreign governments.
Researchers Crowdsourcing Effort to Identify Mysterious Metador APT
Cybersecurity sleuths at SentinelLabs are calling on the wider threat hunting community to help decipher a new mysterious malware campaign hitting telcos, ISPs and universities in the Middle East and Africa.
Senators Push to Reform Police’s Cellphone Tracking Tools
Civil rights lawyers and Democratic senators are pushing for legislation that would limit U.S. law enforcement agencies’ ability to buy cellphone tracking tools to follow people’s whereabouts, including back years in time, and sometimes without a search warrant.
Australian Police Probe Purported Hacker’s Ransom Demand
Australian police were investigating a purported hacker’s release of the stolen personal data of 10,000 Optus customers and demand for a $1 million ransom in cryptocurrency, the telecommunications company’s chief executive said Tuesday.
Ukraine Says Russia Planning ‘Massive Cyberattacks’ on Critical Infrastructure
The Ukrainian government says it is bracing to deal with “massive cyberattacks” from Russian hackers against critical infrastructure targets in the energy sector.
UK Teen Arrested Over Rockstar Games, Uber Hacks
The City of London Police announced on Friday that a 17-year-old had been arrested on suspicion of hacking, and there are some reports that the suspect is believed to have been involved in the recent cyberattacks targeting Uber and Rockstar Games.
Ukraine Cracks Down on Group Selling Hacked Accounts to Pro-Russia Propagandists
Ukrainian authorities take down cybercrime group that hacked 30 million accounts
Ukrainian authorities say they have taken down a pro-Russia hacking group that compromised user accounts and then sold them for profit on dark web portals.
European Spyware Investigators Criticize Israel and Poland
European Parliament members investigating the use of surveillance spyware by European Union governments sharply criticized Israel on Wednesday for a lack of transparency in allowing the sale of powerful Israeli spyware to European governments that have used it against critics.












