US Government Admits It Doesn’t Know If Assange Cracked Password For Manning

An FBI agent admitted in a newly unsealed court document that the Department of Justice does not know whether Assange’s offer to help Manning came to fruition. Continue reading US Government Admits It Doesn’t Know If Assange Cracked Password For Manning

Kaspersky Lab Will Now Alert Users to ‘Stalkerware’ Used In Domestic Abuse

Antivirus company Kaspersky Lab announced that its Android security product will now mark all stalkerware apps as malware, prompting users to delete them. Continue reading Kaspersky Lab Will Now Alert Users to ‘Stalkerware’ Used In Domestic Abuse

Prosecutors Launch Investigation Into Company That Put Malware on Google Play Store

Italian government authorities have launched an inquiry into eSurv, a company that made spyware apps that it concealed as legitimate and innocuous-looking apps on the Google Play Store. Continue reading Prosecutors Launch Investigation Into Company That Put Malware on Google Play Store

Researchers Find Google Play Store Apps Were Actually Government Malware

Security researchers have found a new kind of government malware that was hiding in plain sight within apps on Android’s Play Store. And they appear to have uncovered a case of lawful intercept gone wrong. Continue reading Researchers Find Google Play Store Apps Were Actually Government Malware

Hosting Provider Finally Takes Down Spyware Leak of Thousands of Photos and Phone Calls

After Motherboard reported that a consumer spyware vendor left a lot of incredibly sensitive and private data online, the company’s hosting provider took it down. Continue reading Hosting Provider Finally Takes Down Spyware Leak of Thousands of Photos and Phone Calls

Israeli Hacking Company NSO Group Is Trying to Clean Up Its Image

The notorious and controversial Israeli hacking and surveillance tools vendor NSO Group has launched a big marketing campaign with a new website and Google ads. Continue reading Israeli Hacking Company NSO Group Is Trying to Clean Up Its Image

Ransomware Forces Two Chemical Companies to Order ‘Hundreds of New Computers’

It appears that LockerGoga, the same ransomware that hit aluminum manufacturing giant Norsk Hydro this week, also infected American chemicals companies Hexion and Momentive, leaving employees locked out of their computers. Continue reading Ransomware Forces Two Chemical Companies to Order ‘Hundreds of New Computers’

This Spyware Data Leak Is So Bad We Can’t Even Tell You About It

A consumer spyware vendor left a lot of incredibly sensitive and private data, including intimate pictures and private call recordings, for all to see on a server freely accessible over the internet. And it still hasn’t taken the data down. Continue reading This Spyware Data Leak Is So Bad We Can’t Even Tell You About It