As part of Google’s efforts to track the activities of commercial spyware vendors, the company’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG) released a report Thursday on spyware campaigns targeting Android and iOS users. Google TAG researchers Benoit Sevens and Clement Lecigne go into detail about the use of entrepreneurial grade spyware dubbed “Hermit.” This sophisticatedContinue Reading

The majority of antivirus software appears to be prevented by Adobe Acrobat from checking PDF files at startup, placing consumers at danger. Security experts at Minerva Labs were the ones who initially discovered the problem. According to BleepingComputer, Minerva observed Adobe Acrobat looking for DLL files from 30 security productsContinue Reading

Last November, WhatsApp was spotted working on new privacy controls that would allow users to hide their last seen and online statuses as well as their profile pictures from certain contacts — a much-needed counter against competitor Telegram, which already supports hiding this information on a per-contact basis. Well, it’s been sevenContinue Reading

It has been a season of sell-offs in the fast-evolving market. According to CoinMarketCap, the combined market capitalization of all cryptocurrencies has fallen below a trillion dollars, indicating that the market is firmly immersed in “crypto winter.” Bitcoin was trading around $23,200 at press time, down 16% for the day.Continue Reading

Online platforms like Twitter (TWTR.N), Facebook (META.O) and Tiktok will be required to register and open offices in Nigeria and appoint contact persons with the government, draft regulations from the information technology development agency show. The code of practice for “interactive computer service platforms/internet intermediaries” was meant to curb onlineContinue Reading