A new type of spyware has been discovered being sold to various governments throughout the world and is meant to be used to spy mainly on journalists, activists, and political opponents. Here is what ...

Experts say Commission is ‘fanning the flames’ of the continent’s own Watergate An arsenal of angry European Parliament ...

The move will give the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) access to the company’s powerful hacking software — known as Graphite — which can hack mobile phones and encrypted messaging ...

The ProSpy campaign, discovered in June 2025, is believed to have been ongoing since 2024, leveraging deceptive websites ...

Spyware risks have been rising fast in recent years, and although security firms always advise caution, the consensus has been that only a very small number of people are affected by the attacks.

A new report warns that the number of US investors in powerful commercial spyware rose sharply in 2024 and names new ...

Have you ever wondered if someone is secretly watching your every keystroke on your computer? I know, it’s creepy to even think about. Yet this is a reality because of a type of sneaky spyware called ...

Spyware and adware are pouring into enterprise desktops. How severe is the threat? And what can be done about it? Desktops littered with pop-up ads, computers grinding to a halt under the weight of ...

The deployment of Paragon's Graphite spyware was a major scandal in Italy. Earlier this year, the messaging app WhatsApp revealed that 90 journalists and civil society figures had been targeted by the ...

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Android spyware campaigns using previously undocumented spyware masquerade as upgrades or plugins for secure messaging apps ...

The following essay is reprinted with permission from The Conversation, an online publication covering the latest research. Each day, you leave digital traces of what you did, where you went, who you ...