The Department of Homeland Security restored a $2 million contract with Paragon, maker of the surveillance tool Graphite, ...

The move will give the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) access to the company’s powerful hacking software — known as Graphite — which can hack mobile phones and encrypted messaging ...

A new type of spyware has been discovered being sold to various governments throughout the world and is meant to be used to spy mainly on journalists, activists, and political opponents. Here is what ...

The United States has emerged as the largest investor in commercial spyware —a global industry that has enabled the covert ...

Spyware risks have been rising fast in recent years, and although security firms always advise caution, the consensus has been that only a very small number of people are affected by the attacks.

Spyware and adware are pouring into enterprise desktops. How severe is the threat? And what can be done about it? Desktops littered with pop-up ads, computers grinding to a halt under the weight of ...

The Israeli spyware maker now faces the dilemma of whether to continue its relationship with U.S. Immigration and Customs ...

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The intensity and scale of Hamas' attack on Israel on October 7 were nothing short of shocking. Hamas, which governs Gaza, unleashed a barrage of 5,000 rockets directed at Israel. This aerial assault ...

According to a July report from the Pew Internet & Americal Life Project, more than 90% of Internet users have changed their online behavior to avoid spyware. That is a remarkably high level of ...

The following essay is reprinted with permission from The Conversation, an online publication covering the latest research. Each day, you leave digital traces of what you did, where you went, who you ...