Browsing: Spyware

London’s High Court awarded a Saudi satirist and human rights activist more than £3 million (US$4.1 million) in damages on Monday after finding “substantial evidence” that…

Ireland is considering new legislation to give law enforcement agencies more surveillance powers, including a license to use spyware. The Irish government announced this week the…

The NSO Group, one of the most well-known and controversial makers of government spyware, published a new transparency report on Wednesday as the company enters what…

The founder of a US-based spyware company whose surveillance products allowed customers to spy on the phones and computers of unsuspecting victims has pleaded guilty to…

It was a normal day when Jay Gibson received an unexpected notification on his iPhone. “Apple has detected a targeted mercenary spyware attack against your iPhone,”…

For more than a decade, dozens of journalists and human rights activists have been targeted and hacked by governments around the world. Cops and spies Ethiopia,…

A stalkerware maker banned from the surveillance industry after a data breach exposed the personal information of its customers as well as the people it spied…

Spyware maker Intellexa remotely accessed some of its government customers’ monitoring systems, allowing company executives to see the personal data of people whose phones were hacked…

For more than a decade, makers of government spyware have defended themselves from criticism by saying their surveillance technology is intended to be used only against…

Security researchers discovered an Android spyware targeting Samsung Galaxy phones during a nearly year-long hacking campaign. Researchers at Palo Alto Networks’ Unit 42 said the spyware,…