The Parallax

MAY 7, 2018

Researchers announced on May 1 that when they inspected the ingredients of the North Korean antivirus software for Windows computers, they found a mix of spyware and old code stolen from an antivirus vendor. How antivirus software could be used for government espionage. Why Russia has a leg up in geopolitical hacking (Q&A).

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TechCrunch

JULY 15, 2022

Journalists and activists are increasingly targeted by the wealthy and resourceful who seek to keep the truth hidden, from nation-state aligned hackers hacking into journalist’s inboxes to governments deploying mobile spyware to snoop on their most vocal critics. Turn on two-factor authentication!

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 11, 2022

Today we have new venture funds, spyware news, Brex raising (again), and more. Cybersecurity matters to democracy : Spyware built by the infamous NSO Group was “used to spy on three critics of the Polish government,” according to Citizen Lab, TechCrunch reports. Image Credits: ShadowPix (opens in a new window) / Getty Images.

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The Parallax

JANUARY 22, 2018

Dark Caracal’s custom-developed mobile spyware, which the report’s authors call Pallas, is the first documented global advanced persistent threat , or APT, on a mobile device. However, Citizen Lab identified in a 2015 report the GDGS as one of two Lebanese government organizations using FinFisher surveillance software.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 11, 2022

EU to investigate state use of spyware : The Pegasus mobile spyware is causing headaches in Europe for more than just the folks who found themselves targets of the software. Image Credits: Luca Lorenzelli/EyeEm (opens in a new window) / Getty Images. The TechCrunch Top 3. And to close out the news today, the EU and the U.K.

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Palo Alto Networks

JANUARY 23, 2023

Priority #2: Digital Government/Digital Services Having a consistent cybersecurity posture is now more important than ever. Most state and local government agencies have a patchwork of nonintegrated, siloed security solutions of various maturity levels across their business networks, endpoints and clouds.

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Tenable

MARCH 1, 2024

places stronger emphasis on governance, features broader scope The much awaited revamping of the National Institute of Standards and Technology’s (NIST) Cybersecurity Framework (CSF) is finally here. And the most prevalent malware in Q4. And much more! Dive into six things that are top of mind for the week ending March 1. came out in 2014.

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