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Spyware is a type of malicious software -- or malware -- that is installed on a computing device without...Read More

U.S. cracks down on commercial spyware with visa restrictions

By Alexander Culafi 23 Apr 2024

The move marks the latest effort by the U.S. government to curb the spread of commercial spyware, which has been used to target journalists, politicians and human rights activists. Read More

Apple iPhone security alert renews spyware concerns

By Alex Scroxton 12 Apr 2024

An Apple security alert received by users in 92 countries raises fresh fears over ongoing campaigns by users of mercenary spyware products Read More

UK and France push for international agreement on spyware

By Bill Goodwin 06 Feb 2024

The UK and France are hosting diplomats, big tech companies and civil society groups, in a two-day conference in London targeting the proliferation of spyware tools and ‘hackers for hire’ Read More

Spyware vendors behind 75% of zero-days targeting Google

By Alexander Culafi 27 Mar 2024

Google observed 97 zero-day vulnerabilities exploited in the wild last year, which was more than a 50% increase over the 62 exploited zero-day vulnerabilities tracked in 2022. Read More

Kaspersky shares Pegasus spyware-hunting tool

By Alex Scroxton 16 Jan 2024

Kaspersky has developed a way of easily exposing the presence of Pegasus spyware on iOS devices and believes its methodology may also help users identify other such surveillance malware Read More

Dozens of surveillance companies are supplying spyware to governments, says Google

By Bill Goodwin 07 Feb 2024

Google’s Threat Analysis Group has identified 40 companies involved in selling and supplying security exploits and spyware services to governments Read More

Google: Spyware vendors are driving zero-day exploitation

By Arielle Waldman 06 Feb 2024

Google's Threat Analysis Group urged further government action against commercial surveillance vendors that let customers abuse spyware products with impunity. Read More

Citizen Lab details ongoing battle against spyware vendors

By Arielle Waldman 29 Jan 2024

At the SANS Cyber Threat Intelligence Summit, Citizen Lab researcher Bill Marczak discusses spyware proliferation from commercial vendors such as NSO Group, Cytrox and Quadream. Read More

Kaspersky opens up over spyware campaign targeting its staffers

By Alex Scroxton 24 Oct 2023

Kaspersky has shared more details of the TriangleDB spyware that was used against its own workforce by an unknown APT group Read More

Apple fixes three vulnerabilities found by spyware researchers

By Alex Scroxton 25 Sep 2023

Apple has patched three more vulnerabilities uncovered by spyware and surveillance researchers at The Citizen Lab Read More