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The House of Representatives failed to renew the US government’s warrantless surveillance law before it expired on Friday, but it is guaranteed to expire for the…

WhatsApp said it has disrupted a new hacking campaign linked to NSO Group, a spyware maker that has been caught countless cases of abuse all over…

When I approach the self-proclaimed “evil of open source” CC for an interview, I’m pretty sure she’s emailing me from behind a pink mermaid purse. “I’m…

Hackers are targeting Signal users in an attempt to steal their chat backups as part of a new hacking campaign, according to TechCrunch. On Wednesday, Washington…

Google is rolling out a new opt-in feature on Android that aims to help security researchers investigate spyware attacks. The feature is called “Intrusion Logging” and…

Last year, WhatsApp and Apple notified several people in Italy, including journalists and activists, that they had been targeted by government spyware. In particular, WhatsApp pointed…

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…

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…

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…