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A man accused of conducting cyberattacks on behalf of the Chinese government has been extradited to the United States and faces more than a decade in…
More than half the world’s governments have access to commercial spyware that can break into computers and phones to steal sensitive information, according to British intelligence…
Surveillance vendors caught abusing telecom access to track people’s phone locations, investigators say
Security researchers have uncovered two separate spying campaigns that exploit known weaknesses in the global telecommunications infrastructure to track people’s locations. Researchers say these two campaigns…
Yet another government spyware maker has been arrested after its customers used fake Android apps to install the surveillance software on targets, according to a new…
Trump’s two-time pick to head the US federal cybersecurity agency CISA has asked to step down from the post, leaving the agency without a clear person…
App and website hosting giant Vercel on Thursday said hackers accessed some of its customers’ data before the company discovered the recent data breach, suggesting that…
Netherlands-based cosmetics giant Rituals has confirmed a data breach affecting customers’ personal details after hackers stole reams of data from its member database. The company disclosed…
Apple released a software update Wednesday for iPhones and iPads, fixing a bug that allowed law enforcement to retrieve messages that had been automatically deleted or…
As US spy laws expire, lawmakers divided over protecting Americans from warrantless surveillance
A longstanding law that allows US intelligence agencies to collect and analyze vast amounts of communications abroad without the need for search warrants is set to…
Angelo Martino, a former ransomware negotiator, has pleaded guilty to helping cybercriminals blackmail companies in cyberattacks. On Monday the US Department of Justice was announced the…