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This is your Shared Security Weekly Blaze for May 20th 2019 with your host, Tom Eston. In this week’s episode: A serious spyware vulnerability in WhatsApp, San Francisco bans facial recognition, and a wormable vulnerability in older Microsoft sys… Continue reading Critical WhatsApp Vulnerability, Facial Recognition Ban, Wormable Flaw in Windows
A buffer-overflow vulnerability in WhatsApp is being exploited to remotely take over victims’ devices. All it took was a missed call to infect the app on iOS and Android.
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WhatsApp has patched a vulnerability that allowed attackers to install spyware on victims’ phones. Continue reading WhatsApp Zero-Day Exploited in Targeted Spyware Attacks
A WhatsApp zero-day has allowed an “advanced cyber actor” to successfully install spyware on victims’ phones with no more than a phone call. Continue reading Update WhatsApp now! One call could give spies access to your phone
A security vulnerability in the popular Facebook-owned end-to-end encrypted messaging app WhatsApp allowed attackers to install spyware on smartphones without any user interaction, Financial Times has reported. Exploitation of the flaw could be trigger… Continue reading WhatsApp flaw used to install spyware by simply calling the target
A serious flaw in instant messaging service WhatsApp lets attackers remotely install surveillance software and spy on selected, high-profile targets, the company’s security team confirmed today. The attack was discovered earlier this month, the B… Continue reading WhatsApp flaw lets spies install surveillance software with a simple call, even unanswered
Human rights advocates, including Amnesty International, plan to file a petition Tuesday in Israeli court to revoke mobile spyware vendor NSO Group’s export license, citing alleged abuses stemming from the vendor’s technology. The legal action is an escalation in the confrontation between civil society groups and NSO Group, and comes after the company’s Pegasus surveillance software was reportedly used to track an Amnesty International researcher. Pegasus is so potent in its ability to compromise a mobile phone that it requires a license from the Israeli defense ministry to export. Where NSO Group’s spyware has been reportedly been misused, “we’re going to keep looking for accountability on a case-by-case basis,” said Amnesty’s Danna Ingleton, who will submit an affidavit as part of the court filing. “In the meantime, there has to be enough evidence to revoke the export license.” The legal motion, to be submitted in the District Court of Tel […]
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The controversial Israeli spyware vendor denied any role in the bizarre saga of Jeff Bezos against The National Enquirer. Continue reading NSO Group Says It Didn’t Hack Jeff Bezos On Behalf of Saudi Arabia
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
A notorious piece of spyware has been used to target the wife of a slain Mexican journalist, security researchers said Wednesday, adding to ongoing public scrutiny of the company that developed the powerful surveillance tool. Days after Javier Valdez Cárdenas, a reporter known for his coverage of international drug trafficking, was murdered in May 2017, multiple attempts were made to hack the phone of his widow, Griselda Triana, with spyware made by NSO Group, according to Citizen Lab, a digital rights and research organization at the University of Toronto. The text messages sent to Triana, who is also a journalist, were laced with software that would have turned her phone into a multifaceted surveillance device, Citizen Lab researchers said. One of the messages tugged at her grief as a widow, asking, “What do you think of this story?” Triana didn’t click on either link and turned the texts over to Mexican advocacy […]
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