Exclusive: Senator calls on Commerce to tighten proposed rules on exporting surveillance, hacking tech to problematic nations

Ron Wyden, D-Ore., fears the regulations have a major loophole and don’t cover enough repressive governments’ agencies.

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Extradited Alleged ShinyHunters Hacker Pleads Not Guilty in US Court

By Habiba Rashid
The alleged member of the ShinyHunters group, Sebastian Raoult, is a French citizen who was arrested in Morocco in 2022 and extradited to the U.S. this week.
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Interpol arrests Moroccon hacker over global phishing, malware scam

By Waqas
The hacker, “Dr. Hex” is accused of defacing websites, carrying out phishing attacks and malware campaigns.
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Moroccan journalist targeted by NSO Group spyware, Amnesty International says

Amnesty International said Sunday its security team found evidence of abuse on a Moroccan journalist’s cell phone that can be tied back to spyware developed by NSO Group. The journalist, Omar Radi, was targeted by surveillance software capable of tracking texts, calls, emails, camera, and more — just days after NSO Group, the Israeli surveillance software company, announced it would stop its products from being used to perpetuate human rights abuses, according to Amnesty International. Although the attackers behind the targeting are unconfirmed, Amnesty says evidence indicates the Moroccan government is behind the surveillance. NSO Group has repeatedly said it only sells its technology to governments. The targeting of Radi came at a time when he was being repeatedly harassed by the Moroccan government between January 2019 and January 2020. Radi was targeted by a series of network injection attacks, which allowed attackers to intercept and manipulate targets’ internet traffic, Amnesty International said. […]

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Android users hit by ZooPark malware stealing data & recording calls

By Waqas
Kaspersky Lab has discovered a brand new cyber-spying campaign targeting
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