NSO Group’s Pegasus Spyware Used against Thailand Pro-Democracy Activists and Leaders

Yet another basic human rights violation, courtesy of NSO Group: Citizen Lab has the details: Key Findings We discovered an extensive espionage campaign targeting Thai pro-democracy protesters, and activists calling for reforms to the monarchy. We forensically confirmed that at least 30 individua...

Pegasus Spyware Used to Hack Devices of Pro-Democracy Activists in Thailand — The Hacker News

Thai activists involved in the country's pro-democracy protests have had their smartphones infected with NSO Group's infamous Pegasus government-sponsored spyware. At least 30 individuals, spanning activists, academics, lawyers, and NGO workers, are believed to have been targeted between October...

New DazzleSpy malware attacks macOS

DazzleSpy, a piece of malware that attacks macOS, was discovered last fall by researchers at ESET, and now those researchers have released more detailed findings. DazzleSpy, according to the researchers at ESET, was being spread via watering hole attacks via pro-democracy websites in China. It...

New DazzleSpy malware infects macOS devices through hacked websites

By Deeba Ahmed Protesters in Hong Kong were tricked into visiting a compromised pro-democracy radio station website that delivered DazzleSpy malware… This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: New DazzleSpy malware infects macOS devices through hacked websites...

MacOS Malware ‘DazzleSpy’ Used in Watering-Hole Attacks

A new family of cyber-espionage malware targeting macOS and delivered via a Safari exploit was used against politically active, pro-democracy residents of Hong Kong, in August watering-hole attacks initially discovered by Google TAG, researchers said on Tuesday. The watering-hole attacks – which...

Hackers Targeted Hong Kong Apple Devices in Widespread Attack

Visitors to pro-democracy and media sites in the region were infected with malware that could download files, steal data, and more...

China Attacks Hong Kong Protesters With Fake Social Posts

Twitter and Facebook say they’ve taken down misinformation campaigns from China that cast pro-democracy activists as ISIS members and cockroaches...

Police in Japan ask ISPs to start blocking Tor network

Tor is a web service that allows users to surf the Internet, use IM, and other services while keeping themselves completely anonymous, but Japan's National Police Agency wants ISPs to block access to Tor if users are found to have abused it. The push by Japanese authorities is because they're...

Police in Japan ask ISPs to start blocking Tor network

Tor is a web service that allows users to surf the Internet, use IM, and other services while keeping themselves completely anonymous, but Japan's National Police Agency wants ISPs to block access to Tor if users are found to have abused it. The push by Japanese authorities is because they’re...

Website critical of Myanmar regime hacked by unknown Hackers !

A Thailand-based news website critical of Myanmar's military government says it has been hacked by unknown attackers who posted fake articles on it. The Irrawaddy website is run by exiled Myanmar journalists. It said on its home page Sunday that it was trying to fix the problem and prevent furthe...