Tag: spyware
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VB2018 paper: Little Brother is watching – we know all your secrets!
The use of mobile spyware to spy on (ex-)partners is an underreported problem, despite the prevalence of such apps and their use in cases of domestic violence. At VB2017 in Madrid, security journalist Joseph Cox spoke about this problem. Closely linked to these apps are ‘mutual-awareness tracking apps’, which allow people to track the location…
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VB2018 paper: Little Brother is watching – we know all your secrets!
The use of mobile spyware to spy on (ex-)partners is an underreported problem, despite the prevalence of such apps and their use in cases of domestic violence. At VB2017 in Madrid, security journalist Joseph Cox spoke about this problem. Closely linked to these apps are ‘mutual-awareness tracking apps’, which allow people to track the location…
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VB2018 paper: From Hacking Team to hacked team to…?
It is good practice not to mock or laugh at hacking victims. But when the victim is a company that itself is in the business of hacking and has a habit of selling its products and services to governments with dubious human rights records, few could help but smile at the irony. This was the…
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VB2018 paper: From Hacking Team to hacked team to…?
It is good practice not to mock or laugh at hacking victims. But when the victim is a company that itself is in the business of hacking and has a habit of selling its products and services to governments with dubious human rights records, few could help but smile at the irony. This was the…
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VB2018 presentation: The wolf in sheep’s clothing – undressed
In recent years, we have seen a trend of commercial spyware being sold to governments. This is a very controversial subject, not least because of the frequent use of this spyware against opposition targets. However, there is general agreement that the malware tends in most cases to be well written. There are exceptions though. At…
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VB2018 presentation: The wolf in sheep’s clothing – undressed
In recent years, we have seen a trend of commercial spyware being sold to governments. This is a very controversial subject, not least because of the frequent use of this spyware against opposition targets. However, there is general agreement that the malware tends in most cases to be well written. There are exceptions though. At…
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VB2018 preview: commercial spyware and its use by governments
Yesterday, a new report by Citizen Lab looked at NSO Group ‘s Pegasus spyware and its global use. The report is worth a read, for the political implications of the findings, for the interesting methodology used, as well as for the section on the ethics of DNS cache probing. I have long been a fan…
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VB2018 preview: commercial spyware and its use by governments
Yesterday, a new report by Citizen Lab looked at NSO Group ‘s Pegasus spyware and its global use. The report is worth a read, for the political implications of the findings, for the interesting methodology used, as well as for the section on the ethics of DNS cache probing. I have long been a fan…
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Turkish Twitter users targeted with mobile FinFisher spyware
A new research paper by digital rights organization Access Now looks at how FinFisher has been used against people interested in anti-government protests in Turkey. Through fake social media accounts, users were tricked into installing an Android application which was actually a mobile version of the FinFisher spyware. The use of a massive campaign, as…
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Turkish Twitter users targeted with mobile FinFisher spyware
A new research paper by digital rights organization Access Now looks at how FinFisher has been used against people interested in anti-government protests in Turkey. Through fake social media accounts, users were tricked into installing an Android application which was actually a mobile version of the FinFisher spyware. The use of a massive campaign, as…