Safe Mode Mandiant’s Michael Barnhart on the North Korean IT worker crisis Michael Barnhart, DPRK Operations at Mandiant Oct 3, 2024 By CyberScoop Staff
A photographic illustration shows a mobile phone near the NSO Group company logo on Feb. 9, 2022 in the Israeli city of Netanya. (Photo by JACK GUEZ/AFP via Getty Images) NSO Group indicates rare agreement with Apple over dismissal of lawsuit The leading maker of spyware offered somewhat different explanations about wanting to see Apple’s lawsuit disappear. Sep 30, 2024 By Tim Starks
An FTC report examining the business practices of nine tech and social media companies concluded that the services “pose unique risks to children and teens” and that tech companies’ self-regulation efforts have been a failure. (Credit Peter Cade via Getty Images) FTC details how streaming services, social media have become ‘mass surveillance’ machines A review of nine companies’ business practices found that using their services was just the beginning of vast data collection efforts. Sep 19, 2024 By Derek B. Johnson
J Studios/Getty Images Treasury hits Predator spyware makers with more sanctions It’s another swipe at the Intellexa Consortium, a sprawling network of companies. Sep 16, 2024 By Greg Otto Tim Starks
Safe Mode We’re back! RunSafe CEO Joe Saunders on secure-by-design in IoT devices Christian Vasquez, Reporter for CyberScoop; Joe Saunders, CEO of RunSafe Sep 12, 2024 By CyberScoop Staff
Congolese soldiers sit in their military vehicle at the base of the United Nations Organization Mission for the Stabilization of the Congo (MONUSCO) in Kamanyola, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, on Feb. 28. (Photo by Glody MURHABAZI / AFP) Predator spyware resurfaces with signs of activity, Recorded Future says Sanctions and public exposure might have driven Intellexa into silence for months, but that doesn’t mean its Predator spyware is gone for good. Sep 5, 2024 By Tim Starks
Mongolian guards stand guard in front of the Genghis Khan statue at the Government Palace in Ulaanbaatar on May 21, 2023. The hackers allegedly conducted watering hole attacks on Mongolian government websites.(Photo by LUDOVIC MARIN/AFP via Getty Images) Google: apparent Russian hackers play copycat to commercial spyware vendors The attack campaigns show how spyware tech companies have become more akin to nation-state threat actors. Aug 29, 2024 By Tim Starks
U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris greet U.S. President Joe Biden as First Lady Jill Biden and Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff look on at the end of the first day of the Democratic National Convention at the United Center on August 19, 2024 in Chicago, Illinois. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images) Democrats give cyber short shrift in party platform It’s similar to the Republican platform in that way but a departure from the 2020 Democratic policy document. Aug 20, 2024 By Tim Starks
Jessica Rosenworcel, Chairwoman of the Federal Communications Commission testifies during a House Energy and Commerce Committee Subcommittee hearing on March 31, 2022. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images) FCC, Tracfone Wireless reach $16M cyber and privacy settlement The agency’s settlement with the prepaid phone provider, which CyberScoop is first to report, is the first ever to specify API protections. Jul 22, 2024 By Tim Starks
David Wall/Getty Images Sanctioned and exposed, Predator spyware maker group has gone awfully quiet Sanctions, newspaper investigations and reports exposing the Intellexa alliance’s infrastructure all might have led to its diminished state. Jul 1, 2024 By Tim Starks