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FBI Warns Iranian Hackers Using Telegram In Dangerous Malware Attacks
The FBI has warned that Iranian hackers are using Telegram-based malware to spy on global targets, including journalists and dissidents, by gaining remote access to their devices.
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Meta Targets 'Cyber Mercenaries' Using Facebook to Spy on Activists, Journalists Globally
Facebook parent Meta banned a series of "cyber mercenary" groups, and began alerting some 50,000 people likely targeted by the firms accused of spying on activists, dissidents, and journalists worldwide.
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"Surveillance-For-Hire...": Journalists, Activists Targeted On Facebook
Facebook parent Meta announced Thursday the shutdown of some 1,500 accounts tied to "cyber mercenary" companies accused of spying on activists, dissidents and journalists worldwide on behalf of paying clients.
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Clubhouse Emerges as Platform for Thai Dissidents, Government Issues Warning
Thailand warned users of Clubhouse not to break the law after the audio social media app emerged almost overnight as a platform for discussion of the monarchy, the latest example of the fast-growing app drawing the ire of governments in Asia.
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Apple Offers $1 Million Bounty To Researchers For Spotting iPhone Security Flaws
Apple Inc is offering cyber security researchers up to $1 million to detect flaws in iPhones, the largest reward offered by a company to defend against hackers, at a time of rising concern about governments breaking into the mobile devices of dissidents, journalists and human rights advocates.
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In Asia, dissidents worry that US may share PRISM data
There was no word whether US agencies were sharing such gathered information with allied governments.
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FBI Warns Iranian Hackers Using Telegram In Dangerous Malware Attacks
The FBI has warned that Iranian hackers are using Telegram-based malware to spy on global targets, including journalists and dissidents, by gaining remote access to their devices.
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Meta Targets 'Cyber Mercenaries' Using Facebook to Spy on Activists, Journalists Globally
Facebook parent Meta banned a series of "cyber mercenary" groups, and began alerting some 50,000 people likely targeted by the firms accused of spying on activists, dissidents, and journalists worldwide.
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"Surveillance-For-Hire...": Journalists, Activists Targeted On Facebook
Facebook parent Meta announced Thursday the shutdown of some 1,500 accounts tied to "cyber mercenary" companies accused of spying on activists, dissidents and journalists worldwide on behalf of paying clients.
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Clubhouse Emerges as Platform for Thai Dissidents, Government Issues Warning
Thailand warned users of Clubhouse not to break the law after the audio social media app emerged almost overnight as a platform for discussion of the monarchy, the latest example of the fast-growing app drawing the ire of governments in Asia.
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Apple Offers $1 Million Bounty To Researchers For Spotting iPhone Security Flaws
Apple Inc is offering cyber security researchers up to $1 million to detect flaws in iPhones, the largest reward offered by a company to defend against hackers, at a time of rising concern about governments breaking into the mobile devices of dissidents, journalists and human rights advocates.
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In Asia, dissidents worry that US may share PRISM data
There was no word whether US agencies were sharing such gathered information with allied governments.
