Latest cybersecurity reporting from selected sources.

Access Now, Lookout and SMEX joined research forces to find a campaign involving suspected Indian government-connected group Bitter, ProSpy spyware and more. The post Hack-for-hire spyware campaign targets journalists in Middle East, North Africa appeared first on CyberScoop.

This week had real hits. The key software got tampered with. Active bugs showed up in the tools people use every day. Some attacks didn’t even need much effort because the path was already there

Cybersecurity researchers say the GitHub leak threatens to "democratize" iPhone exploits that were once reserved for nation-states, potentially putting hundreds of millions of iOS 18 devices at risk. The post DarkSword’s GitHub leak threatens to turn elite iPhone hacking into a tool for the masses appeared first on CyberScoop.

While investigating the cyberattacks, researchers uncovered a new spyware product from Memento Labs, the successor to the infamous Hacking Team.

A zero-day vulnerability in Google Chrome exploited in Operation ForumTroll earlier this year delivered malware linked to Italian spyware vendor Memento Labs, born after IntheCyber ​​Group acquired the infamous Hacking Team. [...]

NSO Group Blocked From WhatsApp and Must Destroy Code Used to Hack 1,400 DevicesA federal judge issued a permanent injunction barring NSO Group from using or retaining its WhatsApp spyware exploit, citing national security risks and business harm after the manufacturer's tools compromised 1,400 devices - some allegedly linked to journalists and officials.

Also, Disney Pays $10M to Settle Child Privacy Case, Spain Scraps Huawei DealThis week, Jaguar hack, Disney settled a child privacy case, Texas sued PowerSchool and federal prosecutors sued a toy maker. Spain voided a Huawei contract, Pennsylvania AG confirmed a ransomware attack. U.S. immigration enforcement resumed a spyware contract and Baltimore lost $1.5 million to BEC.

CVE-2025-43300 is the latest zero-day bug used in cyberattacks against "targeted individuals," which could signify spyware or nation-state hacking.

Some of the biggest security problems start quietly. No alerts. No warnings. Just small actions that seem normal but aren't. Attackers now know how to stay hidden by blending in, and that makes it hard to tell when something’s wrong

Jury Slams NSO With $167M Verdict for WhatsApp HackMeta has secured a $167 million punitive damages verdict against Israeli spyware vendor NSO Group, with a U.S. jury finding the firm illegally used Pegasus malware to hack 1,400 WhatsApp accounts tied to diplomats, dissidents and journalists using encrypted messaging platforms.

The governments of Australia, Canada, Cyprus, Denmark, Israel, and Singapore are likely customers of spyware developed by Israeli company Paragon Solutions, according to a new report from The Citizen Lab

Serbian authorities have reportedly used an Android zero-day exploit chain developed by Cellebrite to unlock the device of a student activist in the country and attempt to install spyware. [...]

Use Other Than for Police Purposes Can Invoke Fine Up to 20 Million EurosThe Italian privacy regulator warned against unlawful uses of Graphite spyware following reports of mass hacking campaigns using the tool. The Italian Data Protection Authority published a warning targeting commercial spyware developed by Israeli firm Paragon Solutions.

Also, US Court Rules NSO Group Violated Hacking Laws With Pegasus SpywareThis week, cyberattack disrupts Japan Airlines, U.S. court rules NSO Group violated hacking laws, the European Space Agency’s web store hacked, FTC orders Marriott to overhaul data security, Sophos patches critical firewall flaws and Apache fixes critical SQL injection in Traffic Control.

A U.S. federal judge has ruled that Israeli spyware maker NSO Group violated U.S. hacking laws by using WhatsApp zero-days to deploy Pegasus spyware on at least 1,400 devices. [...]

Secret Blizzard Used Third-party Amadey Bots to Hack Ukrainian Military DevicesA Russian state-backed hacker group used third-party data-stealing bots and possibly a backdoor used by another Russia-based threat group to infiltrate and spy on devices used by frontline Ukrainian military units, according to a report from the Microsoft threat intelligence team.

RUSI and Chatham House recommended global standards to combat commercial cyber tool abuse

The Russian state-sponsored APT29 hacking group has been observed using the same iOS and Android exploits created by commercial spyware vendors in a series of cyberattacks between November 2023 and July 2024. [...]

Judge says anti-hacking laws fits Pegasus case "to a T" A US court has rejected spyware vendor NSO Group's motion to dismiss a lawsuit filed by Apple that alleges the developer violated computer fraud and other laws by infecting customers' iDevices with its surveillance software.…

The Operation Triangulation spyware attacks targeting Apple iOS devices leveraged never-before-seen exploits that made it possible to even bypass pivotal hardware-based security protections erected by the company