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The Escalating Battle Against Digital Espionage: Commerce Department Expands Blacklist

Reynolds Alex2 years ago07 mins

Government Commerce Department Blacklists More Spyware Companies The U.S. Commerce Department has taken a major step in combatting commercial spyware by adding two companies, Cytrox and Intellexa, to its trade blacklist. These companies have been implicated in operations aimed at spying on journalists, politicians, and even a Meta executive in Greece. The blacklisting comes in…

The Escalating Cyber Threat Looming Over Iranian Politics

Emma Thompson2 years ago09 mins

The Potent Cyber Adversary Threatening to Further Inflame Iranian Politics Introduction A group known as GhyamSarnegouni has recently emerged as a formidable cyber adversary in Iran, launching a damaging hack-and-leak operation against the government. With the release of sensitive internal government documents, including those related to the country’s nuclear program and alleged sanctions-evasions activities, the…