March 23, 2020

Tour guide/Chinese spy gets four years for SD card dead drops

The dead drops were very James Bond: once, the data mule taped the SD card to the underside of a desk in a hotel.

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October 31, 2019

WhatsApp sues spyware maker for allegedly hacking phones worldwide

WhatsApp has publicly attributed the attack on its users in May 2019 to the Israeli spyware makers, NSO Group.

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July 29, 2019

Russia targeted all 50 states in 2016 election, Senate report says

The Senate Intelligence Committee doesn't know what Moscow's intentions are, but Robert Mueller says they're still at it.

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June 25, 2019

Government agencies still send sensitive files via hackable .zips

Senator Ron Wyden has written to NIST asking for guidance and training for government staff in how to share files securely.

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June 17, 2019

I’d like to add you to my professional network of people to spy on

A deepfake was reportedly spotted in the wild: LinkedIn's well-connected, young, attractive Eurasia/Russia expert "Katie Jones."

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April 10, 2019

Mar-a-Lago intruder had instant-malware-inflicting thumb drive

Ms. Zhang's infected USB drive instantly went to work on a Secret Service agent's PC. He shut it down immediately "to halt the corruption."

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December 12, 2017

Spies are watching… on LinkedIn

The young professionals portrayed in the LinkedIn listings are hot, enticing, and fictitious.

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October 13, 2017

Hackers steal restricted information on F-35 fighter, JDAM, P-8 and C-130

Hackers gained “full and unfettered access” to a third-party holding restricted information

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April 10, 2017

Mounties admit to using cellphone-snooping ‘stingrays’

But other spying devices placed at Montreal's Trudeau airport and near Parliament in Ottawa nothing to do with government, says minister

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