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I track bitwise fistfights, pick up heavy circles, and spend time with my wife.

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Report: Russian authorities seized phone from detainee, infected it with spyware

https://therecord.media/russian-authorities-infected-detainee-phone-with-spyware

Report: Russian authorities seized phone from detainee, infected it with spyware

The phone belonging to Kirill Parubets, a Russian programmer who spent more than two weeks in custody, was apparently infected with spyware that the researchers say allowed authorities to track his device location, read encrypted messages and record calls and keystrokes.

Former Polish spy chief arrested to testify before parliament in spyware probe

https://therecord.media/poland-former-spy-chief-testifies-pegasus-spyware

Former Polish spy chief arrested to testify before parliament in spyware probe

Piotr Pogonowski was detained to testify before Poland's parliament about how Pegasus spyware was deployed by the country’s prior government against several hundred people.

iVerify's research team is happy to be present at Objective by the Sea v7.0. I'll be attending the "Practical Reverse Engineering Training" with @jiska and @sn0wfreeze ... What a conference - it's surreal. #obts #objectivebythesea
Sophos detailed to me its 5-year cat-and-mouse game with Chinese hackers repeatedly exploiting its firewalls. The company resorted to installing spy "implants" on devices the hackers were testing on—and traced them to a university and contractor in Chengdu. https://www.wired.com/story/sophos-chengdu-china-five-year-hacker-war/
Inside Sophos' 5-Year War With the Chinese Hackers Hijacking Its Devices

Sophos went so far as to plant surveillance “implants” on its own devices to catch the hackers at work—and in doing so, revealed a glimpse into China's R&D pipeline of intrusion techniques.

WIRED