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News about spyware

• Former Hacking Team supplier stops selling zero-day exploits on ethical grounds

  U.S.-based Netragard has terminated its zero-day exploit selling program in response to revelations about Hacking Team's customers

• Hacking Team's malware uses UEFI rootkit to survive OS reinstalls

  The feature allows the company's software to persist even if the hard disk drive if replaced

• Duqu spy group also targeted telecommunications companies

  Symantec found infections with Duqu 2.0 in the U.S., U.K., Sweden, India and Hong Kong

• Asian nations increasingly hit by espionage groups

  Multiple groups of attackers are focusing on government and military targets in Asia and the Pacific region, researchers fine

• Russian cyber group seen preparing to attack banks

  APT28 set up phishing domain names for an upcoming attack against banks in the U.S, UAE and other countries

• New Linux rootkit leverages GPUs for stealth

  The Jellyfish proof-of-concept rootkit uses the processing power of graphics cards and runs in their dedicated memory

Features about spyware

• Can the US military fight a war with Twitter?

  New projects could bring about a change in the way intelligence is gathered