U.S. Blocks Trade with ‘Legal’ Pegasus Spyware Firm, NSO - Security Boulevard

U.S. Beef with Data Thief: What took you so long? The U.S. Commerce Dept. has finally blocked exports to the notorious NSO Group—makers of sophisticated “zero-click” spyware, Pegasus. This is a serious blow to NSO’s grubby business model.

TIL a new phrase: #TransnationalRepression. In today’s #SBBlogwatch, we work out what it all means.

At @SecurityBlvd: https://t.co/cbQc7JDLs5

— @Richi 😷 Jennings (@RiCHi) November 4, 2021

‘Trojan Source’ Makes Scary Headlines—But it’s Not New - Security Boulevard

Stick to Horses: Trojan Source “threatens the security of all code,” screams a widely shared article. Supposedly, this previously unknown attack on compilers allows open source code to hide malicious backdoors—thwarting all attempts to review it for vulnerabilities.

But it is worth talking about. In today’s #SBBlogwatch, we do exactly that.

At @SecurityBlvd: https://t.co/JOomNoxUDX

— @Richi 😷 Jennings (@RiCHi) November 2, 2021