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11 Jul

Powerful FinSpy Spyware Found Targeting iOS and Android Users in Myanmar

One of the most powerful, infamous, and advanced piece of government-grade commercial surveillance spyware dubbed FinSpy—also known as FinFisher—has been discovered in the wild targeting users in Myanmar. Created by German company Gamma International, FinSpy is spying software that can...
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13 Jun

Telegram Suffers ‘Powerful DDoS Attack’ From China During Hong Kong Protests

Telegram, one of the most popular encrypted messaging app, briefly went offline yesterday for hundreds of thousands of users worldwide after a powerful distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack hit its servers. Telegram founder Pavel Durov later revealed that the attack was...
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6 Mar

NSA Releases GHIDRA 9.0 — Free, Powerful Reverse Engineering Tool

The United States’ National Security Agency (NSA) today finally released GHIDRA version 9.0 for free, the agency’s home-grown classified software reverse engineering tool that agency experts have been using internally for over a decade to hunt down security bugs in...
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15 Nov

powerhouse: “love is powerful”

Vital Statistics: Gender:Man Seeking:Long-term dating Location:Rugby, United Kingdom Age:55 to 59 Status:Prefer Not to Say Ethnicity:Prefer not to say Details: Appearance:Prefer not to say Height:Prefer not to say Hair:Prefer Not to Say Tattoos:Prefer not to say Have Children:Prefer...
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18 Sep

Powerful Android and iOS Spyware Found Deployed in 45 Countries

One of the world’s most dangerous Android and iPhone spyware program has been found deployed against targets across 45 countries around the world over the last two years, a new report from Citizen Lab revealed. The infamous spyware, dubbed Pegasus,...
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23 Aug

New Android Malware Framework Turns Apps Into Powerful Spyware

Security researchers have uncovered a new, powerful Android malware framework that is being used by cybercriminals to turn legitimate apps into spyware with extensive surveillance capabilities—as part of what seems to be a targeted espionage campaign. Legitimate Android applications when...
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10 May

5 Powerful Botnets Found Exploiting Unpatched GPON Router Flaws

Well, that did not take long. Within just 10 days of the disclosure of two critical vulnerabilities in GPON router at least 5 botnet families have been found exploiting the flaws to build an army of million devices. Security researchers...
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5 Mar

600 Powerful Bitcoin-Mining Computers Worth $2 Million Stolen In Iceland

Around 600 powerful devices specifically designed for mining bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies have been stolen from Icelandic data centers in what has been dubbed the “Big Bitcoin Heist.” To make a profit, so far criminals have hacked cryptocurrency exchanges, spread...
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16 Jan

Skygofree — Powerful Android Spyware Discovered

Security researchers have unveiled one of the most powerful and highly advanced Android spyware tools that give hackers full control of infected devices remotely. Dubbed Skygofree, the Android spyware has been designed for targeted surveillance, and it is believed to...
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6 Oct

Apple Allows Uber to Use a Powerful Feature that Lets it Record iPhone Screen

If you are an iPhone user and use Uber app, you would be surprised to know that widely popular ride-hailing app can record your screen secretly. Security researcher Will Strafach recently revealed that Apple selectively grants (what’s known as an...
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