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Spying
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Pakistani Android users hit by spyware campaign with malicious apps
The spyware campaign is sophisticated considering the use of fake yet convincing apps and domains. Here's what we know so far.
January 12, 2021
Apple, Google to ban X-Mode’s location tracking apps from stores
The decision came after a media outlet reported about data gathering tactics of location data collection firm X-Mode Social. Find out why.
December 10, 2020
German court forcing Tutanota to let authorities read emails in plain text
As of 2017, Tutanota had over 2 million users across the globe. Find out why Germany wants to backdoor the encrypted email service provider.
December 10, 2020
Norweigian researcher exposes how a US firm collected his location data
The researcher identified over 75000 data points of his phone being tracked. Here's how he found and exposed the firm behind the scenes.
December 7, 2020
GoDaddy employees tricked in attack against cryptocurrency firms
Earlier this month, hackers targeted GoDaddy customers to modify the DNS settings of at least two cryptocurrency website. Here's what happened.
November 26, 2020
Comcast voice remote control could be turned into spying tool
The Comcast XR11 voice remote controller was found to be vulnerable and could be turned into a spying tool.
October 8, 2020
Exposed: 6 year old Iranian espionage campaign using Android backdoor
Dubbed Rampant Kitten; the campaign has been going on for the last 6 years in which, among other…
September 19, 2020
Chinese professor on sensitive projects in US jailed for espionage
Hao Zhang also faced charges related to stealing trade secrets.
September 3, 2020
Malicious SDK found spying & defrauding users through iOS apps
The malicious SDK is distributed by China-based firm Mintegral.
August 25, 2020
US Secret Service used ‘Locate X’ to track user location without warrant
Locate X collects location data from smartphone apps.
August 19, 2020