Tag: Citizen Lab
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Hackers Use Social Engineering to Target Expert on Russian Operations
Citizen Lab and Google uncovered a new, sophisticated cyberattack linked to Russian state actors that exploits App-Specific Passwords, …
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Malware Attack Targets World Uyghur Congress Leaders via Trojanized UyghurEdit++ Tool
In a new campaign detected in March 2025, senior members of the World Uyghur Congress (WUC) living in exile have been targeted by a …
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Paragon spyware deployed against journalists and activists, Citizen Lab claims
Israeli spyware maker Paragon Solutions pitches its tools as helping governments and law enforcement agencies to catch criminals and …
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FSB Uses Trojan App to Monitor Russian Programmer Accused of Supporting Ukraine
A Russian programmer accused of donating money to Ukraine had his Android device secretly implanted with spyware by the Federal Security …
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Major Security Flaws Expose Keystrokes of Over 1 Billion Chinese Keyboard App Users
Security vulnerabilities uncovered in cloud-based pinyin keyboard apps could be exploited to reveal users’ keystrokes to nefarious actors. …
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The Predator Files describe another nefarious global spyware campaign
A group of journalists and researchers today released evidence of a massive campaign to spy on numerous political leaders across the globe. …
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Google Rushes to Patch Critical Chrome Vulnerability Exploited in the Wild – Update Now
Google on Monday rolled out out-of-band security patches to address a critical security flaw in its Chrome web browser that it said has …
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Apple security updates address vulnerabilities targeted by NSO Group
Apple Inc. has released urgent security updates for its suite of operating systems after revealing two critical new vulnerabilities that …
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Encryption Flaws in Popular Chinese Language App Put Users’ Typed Data at Risk
A widely used Chinese language input app for Windows and Android has been found vulnerable to serious security flaws that could allow a …
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Israeli surveillance firm QuaDream is shutting down amidst spyware accusations
The Israeli surveillance firm QuaDream is allegedly shutting down its operations after Citizen Lab and Microsoft uncovered their spyware. …
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Meta executive working in Greece was hacked by ‘Predator’ spyware
A U.S.-Greek national working for Meta Platforms Inc. was surveilled by surveillance-for-hire software for around one year, it was reported …
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Zero-day vulnerabilities in Chrome and Android exploited by commercial spyware
The Google Threat Analysis Group (TAG) has revealed that of the nine zero-day vulnerabilities affecting Chrome, Android, Apple and …
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