Can an ‘ethical’ spyware maker justify providing its tech to ICE? |

Paragon, an Israeli spyware company that claims to operate as an “ethical” surveillance vendor, faced scrutiny when earlier this year Italy was caught using Paragon’s…

Activision took down Call of Duty game after PC players hacked, says source |

Games giant Activision took down Call of Duty: WWII due to hackers exploiting a flaw in a specific PC version of the game, which led…

US, French authorities confirm arrest of BreachForums hackers |

U.S. and French authorities have confirmed the arrests of five hackers accused of being behind several major hacks and being part of a notorious cybercrime…

Italian lawmakers say Italy used spyware to target phones of immigration activists, but not against journalist |

Jun 4, 2025 By Ozwen Coelho, Database Administrator, Datavail Keeping test and development environments current shouldn’t drain time or resources. Yet for many Database Administrators…

Android chipmaker Qualcomm fixes three zero-days exploited by hackers |

May 30, 2025 By Stephanie Simone Apono, a leader in privileged access for the cloud, is making a significant update to the Apono Cloud Access…

Eight things we learned from WhatsApp vs. NSO Group spyware lawsuit |

On May 6, WhatsApp scored a major victory against NSO Group when a jury ordered the infamous spyware maker to pay more than $167 million…

Wyden: AT&T, T-Mobile, and Verizon weren't notifying senators of surveillance requests |

Sen. Ron Wyden sent a letter to fellow senators on Wednesday, revealing that three major U.S. cellphone carriers did not have provisions to notify lawmakers…

FBI and Dutch police seize and shut down botnet of hacked routers |

A joint international law enforcement action shut down two services accused of providing a botnet of hacked internet-connected devices, including routers, to cybercriminals. U.S. prosecutors…

Five things we learned from WhatsApp vs. NSO Group spyware lawsuit |

On Tuesday, WhatsApp scored a major victory against NSO Group when a jury ordered the infamous spyware maker to pay more than $167 million in…

How Riot Games is fighting the war against video game hackers |

Any data, prompts, or requests you share helps teach the algorithm—and personalized information helps fine tune it further, says Jake Moore, global cybersecurity adviser at…