A U.S. led coalition including the U.K. and other coutries and organizations including NATO are formally accusing China for cyberattacks worldwide, including the massive Microsoft Exchange email hack. via Financial Times, Bloomberg, CNN, CNBC.
NSO Group, an Israeli tech organization, is being accussed of selling spyware used to snoop the devices of executives, journalists, activists and dissidents. NSO Group has a proprietary software technology called Pegasus, intended for tracking terrorists, that reportedly, “allows authorities to listen into conversations using hacked mobile phones microphones, as well as track other data”. via Economist
On a lateral connection to this breaking NSO Group spyware news, the Washington Post is quick to highlight that, “Apple’s iPhone, considered to be the gold standard of security”, has shown to be vulnerable to this spyware. via WP
Social engineering is a major rising force that demands greater awareness.
