Iran’s government-imposed internet shutdown enters its second week as authorities continue their violent crackdown on protesters.

French penetration testing specialist Synacktiv has plans to step on the turf of Israeli company Cellebrite, a leader in phone data recovery solutions.

87 million people have been offline since January 8, 2026. This report explains what's happening and how.

Cloudflare Radar data shows Internet traffic from Iran has effectively dropped to zero since January 8, signaling a complete shutdown in the country and disconnection from the global Internet.

The watchdog said it had received reports of the platform's Grok AI chatbot creating undressed images of people.

Security forces reported to have killed at least 45 people since protests began 12 days ago, as protesters gather in Tehran

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Bryan Fleming, the founder of hacked stalkerware company pcTattletale, pleaded guilty to federal charges linked to the running of his now-defunct Michigan-based spyware company.

Bryan Fleming, the founder of hacked stalkerware company pcTattletale, pleaded guilty to federal charges linked to the running of his now-defunct Michigan-based spyware company.

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South Africa-based Peter Kruger and Yalon Elad have been offering zero-click technology to a host of governments, while also maintaining ties with the corporate intelligence world.

A federal judge has temporarily blocked the U.S. Department of State from arresting or deporting Imran Ahmed, CEO of the Center for Countering Digital Hate.

Nepal is just one of at least 150 countries to which Chinese companies are supplying surveillance technology, from cameras in Vietnam to censorship firewalls in Pakistan to citywide monitoring systems in Kenya.

The Uzbek government's national license plate scanning system was discovered exposed to the internet for anyone to access without a password.

The Venezuelan nationals the US government sent to El Salvador in March and April were tortured and subjected to other abuses, including sexual violence.

NSO Group had sought to stay the order pending a decision on its appeal in the case, which centers on allegations that it targeted 1,400 WhatsApp users with its powerful zero-click Pegasus spyware in 2019.

This study documents how internet censorship impacts the women’s rights movement in Iran based on insights from OONI data and activist interviews.

RESIDENT.NGO has helped uncover a malware attack targeted at a Belarus-based journalist by the Belarusian secret service (KGB). This document serves as a short synopsis of the case, offering safety recommendations and indicators of compromise (IoCs).

Reporters Without Borders (RSF)’s Digital Security Lab (DSL), working with the Eastern European organisation RESIDENT.NGO, has uncovered a previously unknown spyware tool used by the State Security Committee (KGB) of Belarus to target, among others, journalists and media workers. RSF assesses that this exposure is a serious setback for the KGB’s operations, not least because the software appears to have been in use for several years.