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Spyware combing for data ‘of use to China’ hidden inside religious and cultural apps
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Spyware combing for data ‘of use to China’ hidden inside religious and cultural apps

Malicious apps are being disguised to gather data for China Uighur, Tibetan and Taiwanese communities are being targeted The apps look like religious...

WhatsApp patches security flaw which let hackers install spyware
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WhatsApp patches security flaw which let hackers install spyware

WhatsApp patches vulnerability used to deploy Graphite Graphite is a commercial spyware built by Israeli devs Paragon Around 90 people were targeted, WhatsApp...

New spyware found to be snooping on thousands of Android and iOS users
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New spyware found to be snooping on thousands of Android and iOS users

Spyzie was found to be vulnerable to the same flaw as Cocospy and Spyzie More than half a million Android users were exposed...

Government-linked Italian spyware maker caught distributing malicious Android apps
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Government-linked Italian spyware maker caught distributing malicious Android apps

Spyware maker SIO suspected of being behind ‘Spyrtacus’, a not-so new spyware It was previously found on Google Play but now largely on...

Paragon spyware cancels contract with Italian government after targeting journalists and citizens across Europe
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Paragon spyware cancels contract with Italian government after targeting journalists and citizens across Europe

Italian citizens were targeted by Paragon spyware, government says A malicious PDF file was used to deploy malware through WhatsApp Paragon has since...

Israeli spyware company confirms US government and friends are customers
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Israeli spyware company confirms US government and friends are customers

The US government has been confirmed as a Paragon customer Paragon was recently accused of targeting journalists by WhatsApp Paragon “explicitly prohibit(s)” the...

Paragon spyware campaign targeting journalists disrupted by WhatsApp
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Paragon spyware campaign targeting journalists disrupted by WhatsApp

WhatsApp has accused spyware company Paragon of targeting journalists The encrypted messaging app disrupted the campaign in December 2024 A cease-and-desist letter has...

WhatsApp says disrupts Paragon spyware campaign
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WhatsApp says disrupts Paragon spyware campaign

Credit: CC0 Public Domain Meta-owned WhatsApp announced Friday it has disrupted a spyware operation by surveillance firm Paragon Solutions that targeted approximately 90...

WhatsApp says its users targeted by Israeli spyware company Paragon | Social Media News
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WhatsApp says its users targeted by Israeli spyware company Paragon | Social Media News

An official at the Meta-owned platform says it detected attempts by Paragon to hack its users’ accounts. An official at Meta’s popular WhatsApp...