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A New Form Of Ransomware

In addition to the traditional ransomware that everyone knows about, the AdultFriendFinder breach I wrote about earlier has the hackers blackmailing  users of the site.  Now, mSpy clients are being extorted too. Brian Krebs is reporting that hackers are using the mSpy breach to extort iPhone users.  Apparently, users who have mSpy installed are asked […]

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Apple iOS Users Are Target Of Massive Espionage Campaign

It is being reported by several sources (see here) that iPhone and iPad users are being targeted as part of a massive cyber espionage campaign that is being linked, at least by one firm, to Russia. Operation Pawn Storm is using a specially crafted iOS app to quietly steal text messages, contact lists, location information, […]

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Google Is Acting Like Apple – And NOT To The User’s Benefit

Google is a smart organization.  It has watched the stranglehold that Apple has over its users and has decided that it likes it.  Just like art imitates life, Google imitates Apple (and then says “who me?”). The issue at point is a bug found in the WebView rendering engine, used in all Android releases prior […]

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