The Australian Federal Police announced over the weekend that a 24-year-old man has been charged for allegedly creating and selling a piece of spyware named Imminent Monitor (IM).
Austria Probes Claim Spyware Targeted Law Firms, Banks
Austria said Friday that it was investigating a report that an Austrian company developed spyware targeting law firms, banks and consultancies in at least three countries.
Morocco Detains Frenchman Wanted in US Over Cybercrime: Police Source
Morocco has detained a 21-year-old French national wanted by the United States for alleged involvement in cybercrime, a police source in the kingdom told AFP on Friday, confirming media reports.
Microsoft Connects USB Worm Attacks to ‘EvilCorp’ Ransomware Gang
Cybersleuths at Microsoft have found a link between the recent ‘Raspberry Robin’ USB-based worm attacks and EvilCorp, a notorious Russian ransomware operation sanctioned by the U.S. government.
Governments Ramp Up Demands for User Info, Twitter Warns
Twitter warned Thursday that governments around the globe are asking the company to remove content or snoop on private details of user accounts at an alarming rate.
Calls Mount for US Gov Clampdown on Mercenary Spyware Merchants
Cybersecurity professionals from Google’s threat hunting unit and the University of Toronto’s Citizen Lab are upping the pressure on mercenary hacking firms selling high-end surveillance spyware with fresh calls for the U.S. government to urgently clamp down on these businesses.
Crackdown on BEC Schemes: 100 Arrested in Europe, Man Charged in US
Authorities in Hungary have arrested close to a hundred individuals as part of two operations meant to crack down on invoice fraud, Europol announced this week.
House Passes Cybersecurity Bills Focusing on Energy Sector, Information Sharing
The US House of Representatives this week passed two cybersecurity bills: the Energy Cybersecurity University Leadership Act and the RANSOMWARE Act.
RANSOMWARE is an acronym for ‘Reporting Attacks from Nations Selected for Oversight and Monitoring Web Attacks and Ransomware from Enemies’.
France Closes ‘Cookies’ Case Against Facebook
French privacy regulators on Thursday closed a case against Facebook after determining the US tech giant had changed the way it collected user data to comply with the law.
Victim of Private Spyware Warns It Can be Used Against US
Months after her father was lured back to Rwanda under false pretenses and jailed, Carine Kanimba discovered her own phone had been hacked using private spyware.
