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Malware

July 2026

  • Man in T.short and shorts walking beside large NSO Group logo on orange wall

    The Pegasus project
    Moroccan intelligence insider reveals widespread use of Pegasus hacking software

    Whistleblower suggests internal security services deployed spyware from 2017 against key domestic and foreign targets

June 2026

  • WhatsApp logo on a phone screen

    Spyware firm targeted WhatsApp users in defiance of US court order, Meta says

    Tech company says it ‘caught and disrupted’ NSO Group’s attempts to access accounts in Jordan and Lebanon

November 2025

  • Police officers stand on duty outside the Supreme Court

    Bahrain to argue at UK supreme court it has immunity from surveillance claims

    Gulf nation is accused of placing monitoring software on computers of two dissidents living in London

June 2025

  • Ciro Pellegrino

    European journalists targeted with Paragon Solutions spyware, say researchers

    Citizen Lab says it found ‘digital fingerprints’ of military-grade spyware that Italy has admitted using against activists

May 2025

  • Silhouette of male hand typing on laptop keyboard at night

    Russian-led cybercrime network dismantled in global operation

    Arrest warrants issued for ringleaders after investigation by police in Europe and North America

March 2025

  • Boy sitting at a computer

    Online gangs of teenage boys sharing extreme material are ‘emerging threat’ in UK

  • One online group received stolen data which was then used to defraud hundreds of victims.

    Blackmailing girls and encouraging suicide: the young British men in online gangs

February 2025

  • An illustration of grey binary code and a padlock imposed on top in white

    Global ransomware payments plunge by a third amid crackdown

    Money stolen falls from record $1.25bn to $813m as more victims refuse to pay off criminal gangs

November 2024

  • FILE - A logo adorns a wall on a branch of the Israeli tech company NSO Group, near the southern Israeli town of Sapir, Aug. 24, 2021. Shalev Hulio, the chief executive of embattled Israeli spyware maker NSO, has stepped down as part of a reorganization, the company announced Sunday, Aug. 21, 2022. NSO, maker of the powerful Pegasus phone surveillance software, has been connected to a number of scandals resulting from alleged misuse of its products by customers. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner, File)

    NSO – not government clients – operates its spyware, legal documents reveal

    Details of emerge in sworn depositions by employees of Israeli company as part of lawsuit brought by WhatsApp

July 2024

  • the entrance to Walt Disney Studios and corporate headquarters in Burbank, California: a wide driveway is seen under an arch with lettering reading The Walt Disney Co and a symbol in the shape of Mickey Mouse's head and ears. A car is coming under the arch, which has trees to either side and in an avenue leading to buildings; it looks hot and sunny with a clear blue sky above.

    Hackers claim Disney data theft in protest against AI-generated artwork

    NullBulge group said it was leaking files from Disney’s internal Slack channel to ‘protect artists’ rights’

June 2024

  • Silhouette of man near Kaspersky signage at a trade show

    US bans sales of Kaspersky antivirus software over Russia ties

    Washington says Moscow’s influence over company poses significant risk, as Kaspersky argues its activities do not threaten US security

February 2024

  • Lockbit cybercrime gang disrupted by Britain, US and EU<br>A screenshot taken on February 20, 2024 shows how a darkweb site called Lockbit appears after law enforcement agencies took control of it and turned it into a leak site about Lockbit itself. Handout via REUTERS THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY

    Russia-based LockBit ransomware hackers attempt comeback

    Gang sets up new site on dark web and releases rambling statement explaining how it was infiltrated by law enforcement agencies
  • screenshot saying 'the site is now under control of law enforcement'

    Seized ransomware network LockBit rewired to expose hackers to world

    Four arrested and LockBit victims will get help to recover data after joint operation in UK, US and Europe

    • Prolific cybercrime gang disrupted by joint UK, US and EU operation

    • Man arrested in Malta in global operation to shut down cybercrime network targeting Australians

    • Dozens in Jordan targeted by authorities using NSO spyware, report finds

September 2023

  • Phone with NSO group content on it

    Washington DC-based group targeted in apparent Pegasus hack

    Citizen Lab discovers alleged attack using ‘zero-click exploit’ on individual employed by DC organization

May 2023

  • Masked Hacktivist Organizes malware Virus Attack on Global Scale. Hacker in Underground Secret Location Surrounded by Displays and Cables.

    Book of the day
    Fancy Bear Goes Phishing by Scott Shapiro review – a gripping study of five extraordinary hacks

  • Photo Illustration shows hands typing on a computer keyboard

    Australian law firm HWL Ebsworth hit by Russian-linked ransomware attack

January 2023

  • Packages move along a conveyor belts at Royal Mail's international distribution hub near Heathrow.

    What is LockBit ransomware and how does it operate?

    Name of malware and criminal group behind it, LockBit has been blamed for attack on Royal Mail
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