WhatsApp banned on US House of Representatives devices

"Office of Cybersecurity has deemed WhatsApp a high risk to users due to the lack of transparency in how it protects user data, absence of stored data encryption, and potential security risks involved with its use."

Israeli #spyware company #Paragon Solutions had targeted scores of #Whatsapp users, including journalists and members of civil society
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/whatsapp-banned-us-house-representatives-devices-memo-2025-06-23/

The fact that #NSAbook is literally developing #Govware to track users and bypass #Android #sandbox as well as #tracking them regardless of #VPN, #Cookies or #IncognitoMode use or blockage.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LUtctMShGJw via @BrodieOnLinux

More to readup upon.
https://redact.dev/blog/meta-yandex-localhost-tracking
https://www.zeropartydata.es/p/localhost-tracking-explained-it-could

New.

Kaspersky: SparkKitty, SparkCat’s little brother: A new Trojan spy found in the App Store and Google Play https://securelist.com/sparkkitty-ios-android-malware/116793/ @Kaspersky #cybersecurity #infosec #malware #Apple #Google #spyware

Representatives from 15 human rights organizations have sent an open letter to the CEOs of #spyware maker #Paragon Solutions and its parent company AE Industrial Partners, asking for more accountability regards the use of its tools against journalists and activists in Europe
https://www.accessnow.org/press-release/paragon-stop-spyware-abuse-and-deliver-justice-to-victims/

Samsung Embeds IronSource Spyware App on Phones Across WANA

https://smex.org/open-letter-to-samsung-end-forced-israeli-app-installations-in-the-wana-region/

The story is new, but the vulnerability has a bit of a history.

Security Week: WhatsApp FreeType vulnerability identifier CVE-2025-27363 was requested after the flaw was linked to a Paragon exploit https://www.securityweek.com/freetype-zero-day-found-by-meta-exploited-in-paragon-spyware-attacks/ @SecurityWeek #cybersecurity #infosec #Meta #spyware

This Week in Security: That Time I Caused a 9.5 CVE, iOS Spyware, and The Day the Internet Went Down https://hackaday.com/2025/06/20/this-week-in-security-that-time-i-caused-a-9-5-cve-ios-spyware-and-the-day-the-internet-went-down/ #ThisWeekinSecurity #HackadayColumns #SecurityHacks #Meshtastic #spyware #News

This Week in Security: That Time I Caused a 9.5 CVE, iOS Spyware, and The Day the Internet Went Down - Meshtastic just released an eye-watering 9.5 CVSS CVE, warning about public/privat... - https://hackaday.com/2025/06/20/this-week-in-security-that-time-i-caused-a-9-5-cve-ios-spyware-and-the-day-the-internet-went-down/ #thisweekinsecurity #hackadaycolumns #securityhacks #meshtastic #spyware #news

Österreichs Regierung beschließt #Bundestrojaner für #Messenger-#Überwachung | heise online https://www.heise.de/news/Oesterreichs-Regierung-beschliesst-Bundestrojaner-fuer-Messenger-Ueberwachung-10452200.html #Datenschutz #privacy #surveillance #Verschlüsselung #encryption #Malware #Spyware

Why the #Paragon Case Won’t Go Away.
Italy, #spyware and journalists.
https://conflicts.digital/p/why-the-paragon-case-wont-go-away
In Italian also here: https://guerredirete.substack.com/p/guerre-di-rete-perche-il-caso-paragon

no, fuck your decrying. everyone on this planet should delete your spyware off their spyboxes.

New #Predator #spyware infrastructure revealed activity in #Mozambique for the first time
https://securityaffairs.com/179036/hacking/new-predator-spyware-infrastructure-revealed-activity-in-mozambique-for-first-time.html
#securityaffairs #hacking

#RFK Jr. Orders #HHS to Give Undocumented Migrants’ #Medicaid Data to #DHS

Plus: #Spyware is found on two #Italian journalists’ phones, #Ukraine claims to have hacked a #Russian aircraft maker, police take down major #infostealer #infrastructure, and more.
#migrants #immigrants #privacy #rfkjr

https://www.wired.com/story/rfk-jr-orders-hhs-to-give-undocumented-migrants-medicaid-data-to-dhs/