Israel Bans Sales of Hacking and Surveillance Tools to 65 Countries

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Israel’s Ministry of Defense has dramatically restricted the number of countries to which cybersecurity firms in the country are allowed to sell offensive hacking and surveillance tools to, cutting off …

Hackers Using Microsoft MSHTML Flaw to Spy on Targeted PCs with Malware

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A new Iranian threat actor has been discovered exploiting a now-addressed critical flaw in the Microsoft Windows MSHTML platform to target Farsi-speaking victims with a new PowerShell-based information stealer designed …

This New Stealthy JavaScript Loader Infecting Computers with Malware

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Threat actors have been found using a previously undocumented JavaScript malware strain that functions as a loader to distribute an array of remote access Trojans (RATs) and information stealers. HP …

Warning — Hackers Exploiting New Windows Installer Zero-Day Exploit in the Wild

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Attackers are actively making efforts to exploit a new variant of a recently disclosed privilege escalation vulnerability to potentially execute arbitrary code on fully-patched systems, once again demonstrating how adversaries …

Eavesdropping Bugs in MediaTek Chips Affect 37% of All Smartphones and IoT Globally

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Multiple security weaknesses have been disclosed in MediaTek system-on-chips (SoCs) that could have enabled a threat actor to elevate privileges and execute arbitrary code in the firmware of the audio …

Apple Sues Israel’s NSO Group for Spying on iPhone Users With Pegasus Spyware

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Apple has sued NSO Group and its parent company Q Cyber Technologies in a U.S. federal court holding it accountable for illegally targeting users with its Pegasus surveillance tool, marking …