Tag: infosec
How victims of PowerSchool’s data breach helped each other investigate ‘massive’ hack
On January 7, at 11:10 p.m. in Dubai, Romy Backus received an email from education technology giant PowerSchool notifying her that the school...
Governments call for spyware regulations in UN Security Council meeting
On Tuesday, the United Nations Security Council held a meeting to discuss the dangers of commercial spyware, which marks the first time this...
Why Apple sends spyware victims to this nonprofit security lab
Before the elections, the cybersecurity team of U.S. vice president and then-presidential candidate Kamala Harris reached out to Apple asking for help, according...
Serbian police used Cellebrite to unlock, then plant spyware, on a journalist’s phone
This year, a Serbian journalist and an activist had their phones hacked by local authorities using a cellphone-unlocking device made by forensic tool...
The rise and fall of the ‘Scattered Spider’ hackers
After evading capture for more than two years following a hacking spree that targeted some of the world’s biggest tech companies, U.S. authorities...
US charges five accused of multi-year hacking spree targeting tech and crypto giants
The U.S. government announced charges against five individuals accused of carrying out a multi-year hacking spree targeting tech giants and cryptocurrency owners, which...