Spyware

Inside the story of the US defense contractor who leaked hacking tools to Russia | TechCrunch

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A veteran cybersecurity executive who prosecutors say “betrayed” the United States will spend at least another seven years behind bars after pleading guilty to stealing and selling hacking and surveillance tools to a Russian firm. Peter Williams, the former chief executive of US defense contractor L3Harris, was sentenced to 87 months in prison on Tuesday … Read more

Intellexa Predator spyware used to hack journalists’ iPhones in Angola, research claims | TechCrunch

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The Whatsapp app logo can be seen on the display of a smartphone on September 2, 2025.

A government customer of sanctioned spyware maker Intellex has hacked the phone of a prominent journalist in Angola, in what Amnesty International says is the latest case of targeting someone in civil society using powerful phone-hacking software. A human rights organization published a new report on Tuesday analyzing several attempted hacking attacks against local journalist … Read more