Spyware is a topic tracked in our intelligence system with 5 linked articles.
A profile of Phineas Fisher, the hacktivist who exposed two major spyware makers (FinFisher and Hacking Team), detailing high-profile breaches, material leaks, and the hacker's elusive identity.
WhatsApp reports new NSO-linked spyware phishing attacks violating a court order, signaling regulatory risk and ongoing cyber-espionage pressure.
TechCrunch covers Google Cloud COO Francis de Souza’s warnings on AI security, stressing a platform-and-data-security duet and a need for multi-cloud governance, while also detailing concrete security infringements and defenses (API billing anomalies, rapid breach timelines, spyware protection features) and adjacent hardware progress (XREAL Aura; Bee/Wearable) with IPO and margin signals.
A spyware maker is implicated after researchers found a case where authorities used a fake Android app to plant spyware, with the developer previously unknown in this market.
UK cybersecurity chief warns spyware access is widespread (about 100 countries) and that businesses and critical infrastructure underestimate the threat of phone hacking.
Bryan Fleming, founder of pcTattletale, avoids jail after pleading guilty to hacking and advertising spyware, receiving time served and a $5,000 fine as the first U.S. prosecution of a spyware maker in over a decade.
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