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Researchers say EU lawmaker who investigated surveillance was hacked by Israeli spyware
By Raphael SatterJuly 3 (Reuters) - A former member of the European Parliament who served on a committee investigating abusive surveillance was himself hacked using an Israeli-made spy tool, a Canadian tech watchdog group said on Friday.Citizen Lab said in a report that the phone of Stelios Kouloglou, a Greek television journalist-turned-lawmaker, was hacked at least three times between October 2022 and March 2023 using Pegasus spyware, a tool distributed by the Israeli company NSO Group.
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The Next Web
· Jul 1, 2026
A Brazilian banking trojan is targeting Santander and BBVA customers with fake PDF lures
A Brazilian banking trojan called Ousaban is going after Windows users who bank in Spain and Portugal, using fake PDFs, geofencing, and a payload hidden inside an image to steal credentials without triggering security tools. Fortinet’s FortiGuard Labs identified the campaign in May and published its analysis this week. The attack starts with a phishing [] This story continues at The Next Web
Al Bawaba
· Jul 3, 2026
Former European lawmaker hacked three times with Israeli spyware
ALBAWABA — A former European Parliament member who helped probe the illegal use of spyware across the European Union was himself targeted with the Israeli-made Pegasus spying tool, according to a new investigation by Canadian cybersecurity group Citizen Lab...
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· Jul 1, 2026
Ousaban Banking Trojan Targets Iberian Bank Users with Fake PDF Lures
A Brazilian banking trojan called Ousaban is going after Windows users who bank in Spain and Portugal. Fortinet's FortiGuard Labs identified the campaign in May 2026. It opens with a phishing PDF disguised as a corrupted file, checks that the visitor is really in Spain or Portugal, and hides its real payload inside an image. The goal is the usual one: steal banking logins and take
Baltic News Network
· Jul 3, 2026
Another Company Identified in Latvijas valsts meži Cyberattack Investigation
The cybercriminal responsible for the attack on Latvijas valsts meži (LVM) also compromised a server belonging to pharmaceutical manufacturer Olpha, Latvia’s national cybersecurity incident response institution Cert.lv informed the LETA news agency. According to Cert.lv, investigators discovered the breach of Olpha’s server while analysing the cyberattack against Latvijas valsts meži. The institution stressed that the [] The post Another Company Identified in Latvijas valsts meži Cyberattack Investigation appeared first on Baltic News Network.
South China Morning Post
· Jul 2, 2026
Cyberattack on Hong Kong’s Shun Hing Group affects data of 1 million people
A cyberattack on leading Hong Kong appliance distributor Shun Hing Group has compromised the personal information of more than 1 million people, according to the city’s privacy watchdog. The Office of the Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data said on Thursday that it had launched an investigation into the incident after receiving a data breach report from Shun Hing Group on March 23. The latest information provided by the company suggested that the personal data of as many as 1.05 million...
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· Jun 27, 2026
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