Malware hunters at Volexity are raising the alarm for a Chinese threat actor seen exploiting a zero-day flaw in the Zimbra email platform to infect media and government targets in Europe.
Volexity Warns of ‘Active Exploitation’ of Zimbra Zero-Day
FBI Confirms It Bought Spyware From Israel’s NSO Group
The FBI has confirmed purchasing NSO Group’s powerful spyware tool Pegasus, whose chronic abuse to surveil journalists, dissidents and human rights activists has long been established. It suggested its motivation was to “stay abreast of emerging technologies and tradecraft.”
Israeli Police: Possible Improper Surveillance by Our Own
Israel’s national police force on Tuesday said it had found evidence pointing to improper use of sophisticated spyware by its own investigators to snoop on Israeli citizens’ phones.
Israeli Lawyer, Hungarian Rights Group Target Pegasus Spyware
An Israeli lawyer said Saturday he was working with a rights group in Hungary to pursue authorities and Israeli firm NSO Group on behalf of Hungarian journalists allegedly targeted with Pegasus spyware.
Finnish Diplomats Targeted by Pegasus Spyware: Ministry
Mobile phones belonging to Finnish diplomats were spied on using the cyber espionage software Pegasus, the country’s foreign ministry said on Friday.
FBI Warns of Hacker Attacks Conducted by Iranian Cyber Firm
The FBI this week issued a private industry notification to warn organizations about the malicious activities conducted by an Iranian cyber company named Emennet Pasargad.
The agency has described their tactics, techniques and procedures (TTPs) and it has shared several recommendations for preventing and detecting attacks.
Web-Tracking ‘Cookies’ Meant to Protect Privacy: Inventor
The data-tracking “cookies” at the heart of concerns over online privacy were meant to shield people, rather than serve as cyber snoops, their inventor told AFP.
California-based engineer and entrepreneur Lou Montulli said the original “cookie” he created decades ago was intended to make life online easier by letting websites remember visitors.
Rights Group Says Lebanese Staffer Targeted With NSO Spyware
Human Rights Watch said Wednesday that one of its senior staff members was targeted last year with spyware designed by the Israeli hacker-for hire company NSO Group.
Two More Poles Identified as Victims of Hacking With Spyware
Two more Poles have been identified as victims of phone hacking with the notoriously powerful spyware from Israel’s NSO Group: an agrarian political leader at odds with Poland’s right-wing government and the co-author of a book about the head of Poland’s secret services.
UK’s NCSC Pushes NMAP Scanner Scripts to Fill Defender Gap
The U.K. government’s cybersecurity agency has announced plans to ship a collection of well-tested, reliable scanning scripts to help defenders find and fix high-priority software security vulnerabilities.
