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.
Rights Group Says Lebanese Staffer Targeted With NSO Spyware
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.
Combating the Surge in Retail Theft and E-Commerce Fraud With Open Source Intelligence
Retailers have recently experienced a significant increase in the theft of goods from their physical locations.
Assange Wins First Stage in Effort to Appeal US Extradition
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange on Monday won the first stage of his effort to overturn a U.K. ruling that opened the door for his extradition to U.S. to stand trial on espionage charges.
Russian Authorities Arrest Head of International Cybercrime Group
Four individuals believed to be members of the international cyber theft ring known as the “Infraud Organization” were arrested in Russia, news agency TASS reports.
Dark Web Chatter: What Other Russian Hackers Are Saying About the REvil Arrests
The takedown of the REvil ransomware gang by the Russian FSB on January 14, 2022, took the world by surprise. Before this, the unwritten rule was that hackers would be safe in Russia provided they did not attack Russia.
FBI Warns Organizations of Diavol Ransomware Attacks
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) this week shared a series of indicators of compromise (IoCs) associated with the Diavol ransomware family.
Nigerian Authorities Arrest 11 Members of Prolific BEC Fraud Group
Nigerian authorities have arrested 11 individuals believed to be members of the business email compromise (BEC) crime ring tracked as SilverTerrier.
The 11 suspects were arrested as part of a 10-day operation (December 13-22, 2021) in which the Nigerian Police collaborated with Interpol and private security firms Palo Alto Networks and Group-IB.
FBI, US Agencies Look Beyond Indictments in Cybercrime Fight
The FBI and other federal agencies are increasingly looking to counter cyber threats through tools other than criminal indictments, the head of the bureau’s cyber division said in an interview with The Associated Press.
