…unless you are a company promising only to sell the spyware to approved governments and law enforcement. Australian spyware developer charged after 14,500 sales • The Register
Commercialised cyberweapons
For when you have time, here are two articles from Microsoft looking at cyberweapons: Continuing the fight against private sector cyberweapons – Microsoft On the Issues Untangling KNOTWEED: European private-sector offensive actor using 0-day exploits – Microsoft Security Blog The view from the US Government Pegasus spyware: Just ‘tip of …
Advice from the National Cyber Security Centre and the UK Government – actions to take when the cybersecurity risk is high (Russia Ukraine Conflict) – UPDATED 2 May 2023
This post was originally made on 2 March 2022. It will be updated as the Russian Ukraine Conflict develops and will highlight the cyber security issues facing organisations and individuals at this time. The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) is advising all UK organisations to review and improve their cyber …
Early Lessons from the Ukraine Russia cyber conflict
Brad Smith, President & Vice Chair at Microsoft discusses what has been learnt, so far, from the Ukraine Russia cyber conflict and looks at how this can easily spread beyond the borders of the conflicting nations: Defending Ukraine: Early Lessons from the Cyber War – Microsoft On the Issues
Predator
The Pegasus commercial spyware gets a lot of press, but there are other companies out there selling malware and spyware to law enforcement agencies and governments. Cytrox is one and their product is called Predator. Predator spyware uses in Chrome, Android zero-day exploits • The Register Here is a report …