Russian-backed hackers have launched a global cyber campaign to gain access to Signal and WhatsApp accounts used by officials, military personnel and journalists, two intelligence agencies in the Netherlands warned on Monday.
Users are persuaded in chats initiated by the hackers to divulge security verification and pin codes, giving them access to personal accounts and group chats, they said in a statement.
A court record reviewed by 404 Media shows privacy-focused email provider Proton Mail handed over payment data related to a Stop Cop City email account to the Swiss government, which handed it to the FBI.
Peter Williams, the former head of U.S. hacking tools maker L3Harris Trenchant, was sentenced to seven years in prison for stealing and selling his former company’s hacking and surveillance tools to a Russian firm.
In what became known as "Greece's Watergate", surveillance software called Predator was used to target 87 people.
The U.S. Treasury announced it was imposing sanctions against a Russian broker of zero-day exploits, its founder and two affiliates, citing a threat to U.S. national security. Another affiliated zero-day broker in the United Arab Emirates was also sanctioned.
The U.K.’s communications regulator fined the porn company 8579 LLC on Monday £1.35 million ($1.82 million) for not verifying user ages.
Under the U.K.’s Online Safety Act, sites hosting porn must use rigorous age assurance methods to ensure that minors cannot access the content.
A new investigation by Amnesty International’s Security Lab has discovered evidence that the Predator spyware was used in 2024 to target Teixeira Cândido – an Angolan journalist, jurist, press freedom activist, and former Secretary-General of the Syndicate of Angolan Journalists (Sindicato dos Journalists Angolanos). This is the first forensically confirmed case of the Predator spyware being used to target civil society in Angola.
Following the widely-condemned arrest in July 2025 of prominent Kenyan opposition voice Boniface Mwangi, the Citizen Lab analyzed artefacts from devices seized during the arrest. We found that Cellebrite’s forensic extraction tools were used on his Samsung phone while it was in police custody. This case adds to the concerning pattern of the misuse of Cellebrite technology by government clients.
In a Letter to Justice Minister Yariv Levin, Committee Members Accused Law Enforcement of Coordinating Efforts to Undermine Their Mandate. Their Resignation Follows a High Court Proposal to Bar the Panel From Examining Active Criminal Cases, Including Those Involving the Prime Minister
Five Democratic US senators are asking the Trump administration to explain its decision to lift sanctions on people the government had previously accused of helping spread sophisticated surveillance technology that’s allegedly been used against Americans.
WhatsApp says the move aims to push its 90 million users in Russia to a "state-owned surveillance app".
More than half-a-million people who bought access to phone surveillance and social media snooping apps had their email address and partial payment card numbers published online.
La exjefa del CNI Paz Esteban vuelve a ser investigada, por quinta vez, en una pieza que indaga también el uso del programa intrusivo Candiru
The use of administrative subpoenas, which are not subject to judicial oversight, are used to demand a wealth of information from tech companies, including the owners of anonymous online accounts documenting ICE operations.
The developer of the popular text editor Notepad++ said hackers associated with the Chinese government hijacked its software update mechanism to deliver tainted software to users for months.
Elon Musk's X and Grok platforms are facing increased scrutiny from authorities on both sides of the channel.
Spyware maker NSO Group trumpeted the company’s participation in the Pall Mall Process, which drew criticism from civil society leaders and government officials who called out human rights abuses.
WhatsApp's new Strict Account Settings feature provides extreme security against sophisticated cyber attacks by locking privacy settings and blocking media from non-contacts.
Meta, YouTube and TikTok accused of making products intentionally addictive and harmful to young people
High court finds kingdom responsible for hacking phones of Ghanem al-Masarir and for physical attack on him