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....
Aviram Azari, 52, pleaded guilty in April last year to computer intrusion, wire fraud and identity theft charges relating to work done on behalf of Wirecard, among others. The company collapsed in 2020 following the exposure of a massive fraud.
“From his home in Israel, Aviram Azari played a major role in orchestrating and facilitating an international hacking-for-hire spearphishing campaign,” said Damian Williams, the US attorney for the Southern District of New York, whose office brought the case.
“Today’s sentencing sends an unmistakable message about my office’s firm commitment to prosecuting hackers, domestic and foreign alike.”"
Being watched sucks. Of all the parenting mistakes I've made, none haunt me more than the times my daughter caught me watching her while she was learning to do something, discovered she was being observed in a vulnerable moment, and abandoned her attempt:
If you'd like an essay-formatted version of this thread to read or share, here's a link to it on pluralistic.net, my surveillance-free, ad-free, tracker-free blog:
They start with #SpearPhishing, a phishing attack that uses personal information - bought from commercial sources or ganked from leaks - to craft a virtual Big Store con:
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....