Italian spyware maker SIO, known to sell its products to government customers, is behind a series of malicious Android apps that masquerade as WhatsApp and other popular apps but steal private data from a target’s…
U.K.-headquartered cybersecurity firm Sophos is laying off 6% of its workforce, the company confirmed to TechCrunch on Thursday. The layoffs, first reported by The Register, come less than two weeks after Sophos completed its $859…
Variston, a Barcelona-based spyware vendor, has reportedly shut down. Intelligence Online, a trade publication that covers the surveillance and intelligence industry, reports that a legal notice published in Barcelona’s registry on February 10 confirmed that…
Security researchers say the Chinese government-linked hacking group, Salt Typhoon, is continuing to compromise telecommunications providers, despite the recent sanctions imposed by the U.S. government on the group. In a report shared with TechCrunch, threat…
Another person who was allegedly targeted on WhatsApp with spyware made by Israeli company Paragon has come forward. Beppe Caccio, one of the co-founders of Mediterranea Saving Humans, an Italian non-government organization that helps immigrants,…
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has reportedly placed several members of its election security team on administrative leave. The Associated Press, citing a person familiar with the situation, reports that 17 CISA…
A global law enforcement operation has led to the arrest of four Russian nationals, who authorities accuse of involvement in more than 1,000 ransomware attacks worldwide. The operation, named “Phobos Aetor,” saw four suspected hackers…
On Monday, Apple released updates for its mobile operating systems for iOS and iPadOS, which fixed a flaw that the company said “may have been exploited in an extremely sophisticated attack against specific targeted individuals.”…
A group of international law enforcement agencies have seized the dark web leak site of the 8base ransomware gang as part of a takedown operation. “This hidden site and the criminal content have been seized…
In its latest attempt to erode the protections of strong encryption, the U.K. government has reportedly secretly ordered Apple to build a backdoor that would allow British security officials to access the encrypted cloud storage…