Commercial-grade LANDFALL spyware exploits CVE-2025-21042 in Samsung Android’s image processing library. The spyware was embedded in malicious DNG files.

A newly identified Android spyware targeted Galaxy devices for close to a year, including users in the Middle East, researchers exclusively tell TechCrunch.

EFF has, for many years, raised the alarm about the proliferation of stalkerware—commercially-available apps designed to be installed covertly on another person’s device to exfiltrate data from that device without their knowledge. We’ve teamed up with the researchers at AV Comparatives to test the most popular anti-virus products for Android to see how well they detect the most popular stalkerware products in 2025

Civil rights attorneys are seeking documents disclosing details on the extent of ICE’s use of invasive Israeli spyware to target immigrants

WhatsApp notified the consultant, who works for left-wing politicians, that his phone was targeted with spyware made by Paragon.

Alumni of GIJN's four Digital Threats training courses have produced a number of exposés on online scams and political disinformation, from India to Kenya to the Philippines.

Peter Williams sold eight exploits to a Russian zero-day broker by smuggling them from his employer’s highly secured air-gapped network. A court document, plus exclusive reporting by TechCrunch and in...

AI-enabled web browsers are putting their users' data, security, and privacy at risk from rudimentary prompt injection attacks.

Clearview AI is known for scraping billions of photos of people around the world on the internet – and selling its facial recognition system to law enforcement and state actors

Prosecutors confirmed Peter Williams, the former Trenchant boss, sold eight exploits to a Russian buyer. TechCrunch exclusively reported that the Trenchant division was investigating a leak of its hacking tools, after another employee was accused of involvement.

Internet connectivity has been disrupted across Tanzania during an election marked by human rights concerns and opposition detentions.

xAI’s version of Wikipedia, Grokipedia, frames the world’s history from Elon Musk’s perspective.

Security researchers found a government hacking campaign that relies on Windows spyware developed by surveillance tech maker Memento Labs. When reached by TechCrunch, the spyware maker's chief executive blamed a government customer for getting caught.

Tech giant faces hefty fines from consumer watchdog for allegedly trying to convince customers to pay more than needed for their Microsoft 365 subscription

Kaspersky researchers discovered previously unidentified commercial Dante spyware developed by Memento Labs (formerly Hacking Team) and linked it to the ForumTroll APT attacks.

The U.S. Department of Justice accused Peter Williams, former general manager of L3Harris’ hacking division Trenchant, of stealing trade secrets and selling them to a buyer in Russia.

AI browsers remain vulnerable to prompt injection attacks via screenshots and hidden content, allowing attackers to exploit users' authenticated sessions.

ICE’s HSI division gets contacts from the WhatsApp account of a fake ID dealer and has little trouble identifying them, according to warrant.

Exclusive: Pictures depicting the most vulnerable and poorest people are being used in social media campaigns in the sector, driven by concerns over consent and cost