Pegasus Project – how governments use Pegasus spyware against journalists

Advanced threat actors engaged in cyberespionage in APAC up their game in new campaign In June 2020, Kaspersky researchers uncovered an advanced cyberespionage campaign targeting entities in the government and military sector in Vietnam. The final payload is a remote administration tool that provides full control over the infected device. Further analysis suggested that this…

Fraud Management & Cybercrime , Next-Generation Technologies & Secure Development , Ransomware Sophos: Methods Include ‘Intermittent Encryption’ Rashmi Ramesh • September 2, 2021     Visual comparison of the same text document encrypted by DarkSide and LockFile (Source: Sophos) The operators of LockFile ransomware have adopted new techniques, including “intermittent encryption,” to help evade detection,…

An anonymous reader quotes a report from Motherboard: It looks like a Lightning cable, it works like a Lightning cable, and I can use it to connect my keyboard to my Mac. But it is actually a malicious cable that can record everything I type, including passwords, and wirelessly send that data to a hacker…

news, world Iran’s rail system has come under cyberattack, a semi-official news agency reports, with hackers posting fake messages about train delays or cancellations on display boards at stations across the country. The hackers posted messages such as “long delayed because of cyberattack” or “cancelled” on the boards. They also urged passengers to call for…

The United States and Singapore are entering new areas of partnership including cybersecurity, climate and economic cooperation, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said on Monday (Aug 23). The countries will also work together on pandemic and space cooperation, he said in a joint press conference with US Vice President Kamala Harris at the Istana.

Telegram has exploded as a hub for cybercriminals looking to buy, sell, and share stolen data and hacking tools, new research shows, as the messaging app emerges as an alternative to the dark web. An investigation by cyber intelligence group Cyberint, together with the Financial Times, found a ballooning network of hackers sharing data leaks…