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NSO Group’s CEO-designate quits after US blacklists spyware firm

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Move reported by Israeli media comes after Biden administration said firm acted contrary to US security interests The chief executive officer-designate of NSO Group has resigned citing the Israeli spyware company’s blacklisting by the US Department of Commerce last week, Israeli media said on Thursday. NSO Group declined …

Israeli spyware company NSO Group placed on US blacklist

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Decision against company at heart of Pegasus project reflects deep concern about impact of spyware on US national security interests NSO Group has been placed on a US blacklist by the Biden administration after it determined the Israeli spyware maker has acted “contrary to the foreign policy and national …

John McAfee obituary

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Controversial antivirus software pioneer who entered US politics and became a fugitive from justice As the inventor of the antivirus software that bears his name, John McAfee, who has died aged 75 after apparently taking his own life in a Spanish prison, turned paranoia into a fortune. He was …

Signal founder: I hacked police phone-cracking tool Cellebrite

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Moxie Marlinspike accuses surveillance firm of being ‘linked to persecution’ around the world The CEO of the messaging app Signal claims to have hacked the phone-cracking tools used by police in Britain and around the world to extract information from seized devices. In an online post, Moxie Marlinspike, the …

FBI hacks vulnerable US computers to fix malicious malware

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US justice department says bureau hacked devices to remove malware from insecure software The FBI has been hacking into the computers of US companies running insecure versions of Microsoft software in order to fix them, the US Department of Justice has announced. The operation, approved by a federal court …

Cybersecurity firm Darktrace plans £3bn IPO on London Stock Exchange

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Cambridge-based company claims to be first to use AI to detect cybersecurity threats on a large scale The cybersecurity firm Darktrace has announced plans to float on the London Stock Exchange, in a move that will reportedly value the Cambridge-based company at £3bn. It is the first big company …

Netflix weighs up crackdown on password sharing

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Streaming service tests feature that asks viewers if they share household with subscriber Netflix has begun testing a feature that asks viewers whether they share a household with a subscriber, in a move that could lead to crackdown on the widespread practice of sharing passwords among friends and family …

Clubhouse chatroom app closes down site rebroadcasting content

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Incident prompts fears for latest Silicon Valley craze’s ability to guarantee users’ security and privacy Clubhouse, the audio-chatroom app that has emerged as the latest craze to consume Silicon Valley, has shut down a site that was rebroadcasting the platform’s content, renewing concerns over the service’s …

Fears over DNA privacy as 23andMe goes public in deal with Richard Branson

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Genetic testing company with 10 million customers’ data has ‘huge cybersecurity implications’ The genetic testing company 23andMe will go public through a partnership with a firm backed by the billionaire Richard Branson, in a deal that has raised fresh privacy questions about the information of millions of customers. Launched …

Global cyber-espionage campaign linked to Russian spying tools

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Kaspersky investigators uncover evidence that may support US claims Moscow was behind attack A Moscow-based cybersecurity company has reported that some of the malicious code employed against the US government in a cyber-attack last month overlaps with code previously used by suspected Russian hackers. The findings by Kaspersky investigators …

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