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Candiru attackers breached a news agency employee website to target journalists with DevilsTongue spyware, researchers say.

By Deeba Ahmed The spyware vendor Candiru used the Chrome zero-day in March 2022 to target journalists and other unsuspected victims… This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Israeli Spyware Vendor Uses Chrome 0day to Target Journalists

The actively exploited but now-fixed Google Chrome zero-day flaw that came to light earlier this month was weaponized by an Israeli spyware company and used in attacks targeting journalists in the Middle East. Czech cybersecurity firm Avast linked the exploitation to Candiru (aka Saito Tech), which has a history of leveraging previously unknown flaws to deploy a Windows malware dubbed

The CloudMensis spyware, which can lift reams of sensitive information from Apple machines, is the first Mac malware observed to exclusively rely on cloud storage for C2 activities.

There is an unquoted service path in ASUSTeK Aura Ready Game SDK service (GameSDK.exe) 1.0.0.4. This might allow a local user to escalate privileges by creating a %PROGRAMFILES(X86)%\ASUS\GameSDK.exe file.

Asus GameSDK version 1.0.0.4 suffers from an unquoted service path vulnerability in GameSDK.exe.

By Deeba Ahmed According to Thailand’s legal rights watchdog iLaw, the Pegasus spyware was used during street protests in 2020-2021, where Thai… This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: iPhones of Activists in Thailand Hacked by Israeli Pegasus Spyware

Thai activists involved in the country's pro-democracy protests have had their smartphones infected with the infamous Pegasus government-sponsored spyware. At least 30 individuals, spanning activists, academics, lawyers, and NGO workers, are believed to have been infected between October 2020 and November 2021, many of whom have been previously detained, arrested and imprisoned for their

Apple has announced a new feature called Lockdown Mode, designed to provide a safer environment on iOS for people at high risk of what Apple refers to as "mercenary spyware." The post Apple Lockdown Mode helps protect users from spyware appeared first on Malwarebytes Labs.

Apple on Wednesday announced it plans to introduce an enhanced security setting called Lockdown Mode in iOS 16, iPadOS 16, and macOS Ventura to safeguard high-risk users against "highly targeted cyberattacks." The "extreme, optional protection" feature, now available for preview in beta versions of its upcoming software, is designed to counter a surge in threats posed by private companies