Low severity [#malware incident] A #minecraft mod called "Windows Borderless" on #Modrinth was taken down yesterday. It contained #spyware wich stole credentials from Chrome and Chromium-Based browsers. Only Windows users were affected. The mod was not found in any modpacks and was not uploaded to other platforms. A detection tool can be found in the official blog post. According to @modrinth, ~372 IPs downloaded the mod. https://blog.modrinth.com/p/windows-borderless-malware-disclosure
"NSO Group, which makes Pegasus spyware, keeps trying to extract information from Citizen Lab researchers."
"With the lawsuit now moving forward, NSO is trying a different tactic: demanding repeatedly that Citizen Lab hand over every single document about its Pegasus investigation."
Worth noting that former NSO Group CEO behind this spyware is already back with a heavily VC funded surveillance company called "Dream Security" -
"Spain’s High Court, on Tuesday, reopened an investigation into the use of Israeli cyber-intelligence firm, NSO Group’s Pegasus software, to spy on Prime Minister, Pedro Sanchez, and other Spanish politicians.
The investigators will share information with France, where politicians and other figures were also targeted."
Hardly anyone talks about #spyware anymore now that the word can be used to describe almost every major website and a significant amount of commonly used software and apps.
These days, it's only spyware if it's made in Russia or China. Otherwise, it's just sparkling espionage. 🍾 🥂
New mobile malware masquerading as a news app has been spotted targeting human rights activists associated with the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR), a partially recognized state in the western part of the Sahara desert....
@citizenlab 2/
Baroque conspiracy theories were floated and amplified by various groups seeking to discredit the victims and our findings.
The formula was repeated for each victim we & others like Amnesty's Security Lab surfaced.
Didn't work, but if you'd asked me in 2022 if whether Poland's government would ever officially confirm spyware cases to victims, it would have seemed hopelessly optimistic.
Human rights activists in Western Sahara are being targeted by mobile malware (therecord.media)
New mobile malware masquerading as a news app has been spotted targeting human rights activists associated with the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR), a partially recognized state in the western part of the Sahara desert....