WhatsApp recently revealed a targeted spyware campaign linked to the Israeli firm Paragon, which affected 90 individuals, including…
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“Texas will not allow the Chinese Communist Party to infiltrate our state’s critical infrastructure through data-harvesting AI and social media apps,” Abbott said.
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Plus: WhatsApp discloses nearly 100 targets of spyware, hackers used the AT&T breach to hunt for details on US politicians, and more.
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U.S. and Dutch law enforcement agencies have announced that they have dismantled 39 domains and their associated servers as part of efforts to disrupt a network of online marketplaces originating from Pakistan.
The action, which took place on January 29, 2025, has been codenamed Operation Heart Blocker.
The vast array of sites in question peddled phishing toolkits and fraud-enabling tools and
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BeyondTrust has revealed it completed an investigation into a recent cybersecurity incident that targeted some of the company’s Remote Support SaaS instances by making use of a compromised API key.
The company said the breach involved 17 Remote Support SaaS customers and that the API key was used to enable unauthorized access by resetting local application passwords. The breach was first flagged
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Meta-owned WhatsApp on Friday said it disrupted a campaign that involved the use of spyware to target journalists and civil society members.
The campaign, which targeted around 90 members, involved the use of spyware from an Israeli company known as Paragon Solutions. The attackers were neutralized in December 2024.
In a statement to The Guardian, the encrypted messaging app said it has reached
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Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a malvertising campaign that’s targeting Microsoft advertisers with bogus Google ads that aim to take them to phishing pages that are capable of harvesting their credentials.
“These malicious ads, appearing on Google Search, are designed to steal the login information of users trying to access Microsoft’s advertising platform,” Jérôme Segura, senior
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Now we know exactly how DeepSeek was designed to work, and we may even have a clue toward its highly publicized scandal with OpenAI.
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The “Cracked” and “Nulled” Dark Web sites are now offline, along with the Pakistani “Saim Raza” network of underground forums (aka HeartSender).
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The CHC remains operational, but a host of personal data is now in the hands of a “skilled cybercriminal,” it said.
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