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Why stopping stalkerware confounds cybersecurity experts

The Parallax

Until recently, cybersecurity experts could overlook stalkerware because of the personal nature of how it spreads, its muddled legal status—and how it is detected. Part of the problem, cybersecurity experts at the Enigma Conference in San Francisco last month said, is that until recently, stalkerware has been hard to even define.

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Runa Sandvik’s new startup Granitt secures at-risk people from hackers and nation states

TechCrunch

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. Runa Sandvik, founder of Granitt. Image: (supplied).

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Daily Crunch: Citizen Lab claims Apple’s ‘Lockdown Mode’ helped block spyware attack by hacker group NSO

TechCrunch

In Apple’s case, researchers looking into spyware vulnerabilities said its “Lockdown Mode” was able to thwart the advances of the infamous mercenary hacking provider NSO Group. One tool to rule them all : Avalor wants to unify cybersecurity tools by aggregating data, Kyle reports. Lorenzo has more.

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Even North Korea has an antivirus program—but it’s used for spying

The Parallax

Malware and antivirus software usually go together like tacos and pickles. 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. READ MORE ON SECURITY AND GEOPOLITICS.

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Apple releases security updates for iOS, iPadOS and macOS, fixing two actively exploited zero-days

TechCrunch

Apple has released security updates for iPhones, iPads and Macs to patch against two vulnerabilities, which the company says are being actively exploited to hack people. The technology giant rolled out new software updates, iOS and iPadOS 17.1.2, and macOS 14.1.2,

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Hidden inside Dark Caracal’s espionage apps: Old tech

The Parallax

Its success was predicated not on “zero-day” vulnerabilities or new forms of malicious software, but rather on older, known malware delivered via an all-too-familiar method: phishing. ”—Michael Flossman, senior security researcher, Lookout Mobile Security. General Security does not have these type of capabilities.

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Daily Crunch: After clinching $12.3B valuation, Brex hires Meta exec as chief product officer

TechCrunch

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. Hello and welcome to Daily Crunch for January 11, 2022!

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