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Israel tried to frustrate US lawsuit over Pegasus spyware, leak suggests

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Officials seized documents from NSO Group to try to stop handover of information about notorious hacking tool, files suggest The Israeli government took extraordinary measures to frustrate a high-stakes US lawsuit that threatened to reveal closely guarded secrets about one of the world’s most notorious hacking tools, leaked …

William Wragg resigns from two Commons roles after divulging MPs’ phone numbers

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Tory MP resigns committee roles after apology for role in parliamentary sexting scandal The Conservative MP who divulged colleagues’ personal phone numbers to someone he met on a dating app as part of a parliamentary sexting scandal has stepped down from two Commons roles, it has been reported. William …

No 10 tells MPs to be cautious about unsolicited messages after attempted ‘honeytrap’

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Message comes as pressure builds on Tories to take disciplinary action against MP William Wragg UK politics – latest updates Downing Street has urged MPs to be cautious when responding to unsolicited messages, after the “spear-phishing” attack that targeted more than a dozen MPs, staff and journalists working in Westminster …

A penny per email could curb our enormous data use | Letters

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Mike McClelland proposes a 1p charge for messages in response to an article on the downside of Ireland’s datacentre boom. Plus a letter from Sue Stephenson The long read ( Power grab: the hidden costs of Ireland’s datacentre boom, 15 February ) highlights the enormous cost in terms of …

Sued by Meta, Freenom Halts Domain Registrations

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The domain name registrar Freenom, whose free domain names have long been a draw for spammers and phishers, has stopped allowing new domain name registrations. The move comes just days after the Dutch registrar was sued by Meta, which alleges the company ignores abuse complaints about phishing websites while …

Interview with Signal’s New President

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Long and interesting interview with Signal’s new president, Meredith Whittaker: WhatsApp uses the Signal encryption protocol to provide encryption for its messages. That was absolutely a visionary choice that Brian and his team led back in the day ­- and big props to them for doing that. But you …

Massive Losses Define Epidemic of ‘Pig Butchering’

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U.S. state and federal investigators are being inundated with reports from people who’ve lost hundreds of thousands or millions of dollars in connection with a complex investment scam known as “ pig butchering,” wherein people are lured by flirtatious strangers online into investing in cryptocurrency trading platforms that …

Security Risks of Relying on a Single Smartphone

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Isracard used a single cell phone to communicate with credit card clients, and receive documents via WhatsApp. An employee stole the phone. He reformatted the SIM, which was oddly the best possible outcome, given the circumstances. Using the data to steal money would have been much worse. Here’s …

UK security chiefs issue guidance to ministers over hackers on WhatsApp

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Exclusive: civil service chief points to work to improve cybersecurity in response to Labour concerns Ministers and civil servants conducting “government by WhatsApp” have been at risk of being targeted by hackers, leading to new advice from security chiefs about how to improve their privacy. The cabinet secretary, Simon …

UK security chiefs issue guidance after hackers target ministers on WhatsApp

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Exclusive: civil service chief points to work to improve cybersecurity in response to Labour concerns Ministers and civil servants conducting “government by WhatsApp” have been exposed to hackers, leading to new advice from security chiefs about how to improve their privacy. The cabinet secretary, Simon Case, revealed that the …

Officials who are US allies among targets of NSO malware, says WhatsApp chief

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Will Cathcart claims government officials around the world among 1,400 WhatsApp users targeted in 2019 Senior government officials around the world – including individuals in high national security positions who are “allies of the US” – were targeted by governments with NSO Group spyware in a 2019 attack against 1 …