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World governments buying software security holes
SmartPlanet.com A well-known occurrence of this approach to espionage happened when Israel and the United States allegedly used vulnerabilities named Duqu, Flame and Stuxnet to disrupt and gather intelligence on Iran's nuclear program. Its success is partly why so … |
The Atlantic |
Dissidents Fight Back as Governments Step Up Spyware Attacks
The Atlantic A spyware tool called FinSpy, made by the British company Gamma Group, can clandestinely turn on Web cams and read documents as they're being typed. It has been linked to servers in more than two dozen countries, including Bahrain, where an active … |
 The Baltic Course |
Latvia among countries whose governments use surveillance software to spy on …
The Baltic Course Until Marquis-Boire and Marczak stumbled upon FinSpy last May, security researchers had tried, unsuccessfully, for a year to track it down. FinSpy gained notoriety in March 2011 after protesters raided Egypt's state security headquarters and discovered … FinFisher spyware goes global, mobile and undercover The Undetectable Spyware Used by Repressive Arab Regimes Is Taking Over … |
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German government's surveillance software unsettles a nation that prizes privacy
Quartz The document doesn't say which Gamma product the agency has bought, but it is likely FinSpy, which was previously tested in Germany in 2011. BKA, which denied using the program, plans to surveil Skype and telephone conversations, e-mails, and chats of … Report claims that German police are using commercial spyware German feds will have own spyware by 2014, FinFisher for now German Federal Criminal Police acquires interim government trojan from Gamma |