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The Growing Threat of Zero-Click Spyware: Why Organizations Must Rethink Smartphone Security

May 7, 2025
Recent revelations about a zero-click exploit targeting WhatsApp users underscore the growing threat of sophisticated spyware campaigns. This evolution in attack methodology presents a serious challenge for organizations and individuals who rely on encrypted messaging platforms for secure communication.
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Cyber SecurityNews

Google Threat Intelligence: 75 Zero-Days Exploited in 2024, Majority Linked to Spyware

May 2, 2025
A new report from Google's Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG) finds that 75 zero-days were exploited in the wild last year, with a little over half involving spyware.
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WhatsApp on screen showing Paragon spyware
Cyber SecurityNews

WhatsApp: “High Confidence” That Nearly 100 Journalists, Civil Society Workers Targeted by Paragon Spyware

February 10, 2025
WhatsApp told media outlets that it had "high confidence" that journalists and activists were targeted by Paragon spyware and that they were "possibly compromised." It did not provide names of people it believed to be compromised.”
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Hacker stealing data from digital tablet showing commercial spyware and US sanctions
Data PrivacyNews

European Commercial Spyware Company Hit With US Sanctions

March 26, 2024
A Europe-based company that has previously been blacklisted for its commercial spyware is now under US sanctions. The US state department blacklisted the software for trade in mid-2023.
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Woman using mobile phone in trendy room showing spyware and mobile security
Cyber SecurityInsights

Addressing Mobile Spyware Will Take More Than a Broad Federal Ban

July 21, 2023
Mobile spyware is not a threat that will lessen anytime soon. Mobile devices present an attack surface that is ripe for threat actors. To mitigate the mobile security risk at its root, organizations need to employ an agent on the devices they manage that analyzes applications installed and the SDKs within them.
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Hacker holding smartphone showing Android apps with spyware
Cyber SecurityNews

Module Installed in Over 100 Android Apps Contained Spyware, Infected Over 421 Million Downloads

June 1, 2023
Popular mini-game module found in over 100 Android apps, pitched to developers as a legitimate marketing SDK meant to improve user engagement and attention, has been found to have spyware capability hidden in it.
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Hands over mobile phone in the dark showing spyware used for government surveillance
Data PrivacyNews

QuaDream Spyware on the Rise, Used to Track Political Opposition and Journalists

April 14, 2023
Citizen Lab reports that QuaDream spyware is being used by governments in at least 10 countries to track activists, journalists and political opponents among other questionable uses.
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Google Chrome application icon on mobile phone screen showing spyware vendor linked to zero-day exploitation framework
Cyber SecurityNews

“Commercial Spyware” Vendor Linked to Exploitation Framework Using Zero-Days in Chrome, Firefox and Windows

December 7, 2022
A spyware vendor in Spain has been linked to a zero-day exploitation framework that impacted Windows, as well as the Chrome and Firefox browsers, from 2018 to 2021. Google researchers present markers found in its code including a script that is signed by the company.
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Close up of hacker hand stealing data from tablet showing use of surveillance tools and spyware
Data PrivacyNews

US Government Issues Warning on “Spyware for Hire” Commercial Surveillance Tools

January 12, 2022
The fallout from the Pegasus spyware incident has prompted the Biden administration to issue a warning to the general public about commercial surveillance tools, offering advice for self-protection to journalists and dissidents.
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Google Chrome application icon on phone showing spyware campaign using Chrome extensions
Cyber SecurityNews

Millions Impacted by Spyware Campaign Through Malicious Google Chrome Extensions

June 25, 2020
Spyware campaign stole sensitive user information through 111 fake Google Chrome extensions which gathered over 32 million downloads on the Chrome Web Store.
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CISA: A Coordinated Cyber Attack by Suspected Iranian Hackers Affected Over 100 Water Systems

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Iranian-Linked Cyber Attack Shuts Down a UK Power Plant

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Uber Draws Second-Largest Ever GDPR Fine Over Automated Driver Suspensions

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FBI, CISA, and HHS Warn about Medusa Ransomware Targeting Over 500 Critical Infrastructure Organizations

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