Bill Goodwin

Cyber attackers linked to Iran’s Ministry of Intelligence and Security are targeting opponents and opposition groups with Windows spyware

Computer Weekly reveals for the first time how French cyber spies hacked EncroChat phones used by organised crime groups

The UK’s Supreme Court rules that Bahrain cannot claim sovereign immunity for infecting the computers of two UK-based dissidents with German-made FinFisher spyware.

Migration campaign group Front-Lex has filed a complaint to Europe’s data protection watchdog, calling for a ban on Europol’s data processing operations that do not comply with EU law, following an investigation by Computer Weekly, Solomon and Correctiv

The use of encryption helps to secure WhatsApp’s infrastructure, but researchers at Black Hat Asia warn platform’s architecture is driving hackers to target user devices directly

A court has found that the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia subjected a London-based human rights activist to abuse and physical violence after infecting his phone with Pegasus spyware

The UK information commissioner is investigating claims that the use of algorithms by the Home Office to make recommendations on migrants breaches privacy laws

US lawmarker calls for the US to publish an assessment of the risks posed by US surveillance laws to US citizens in the wake of disclosures that the UK has ordered Apple to introduce 'back doors' in Apple encryption

Civil society groups are talking to opposition MPs about bringing a legal challenge to the Austrian constitutional court over ‘state trojan’ law

Government websites are to replace difficult-to-remember passwords with highly secure passkeys that will protect against phishing and cyber attackers

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A court has given the go-ahead to UK-based blogger Yusuf Al-Jamri to seek damages from the Kingdom of Bahrain after it deployed spyware from Israel’s NSO Group to hack his phone.

Pro-democracy campaigner Yahya Assiri given permission to file legal action in London court against Saudi Arabia over its use of Israeli spyware.

Political candidates, election officials and others at high risk of being targeted online are being offered protection against phishing and malware attacks in the run-up to the next UK general election. The move follows attempts by Russian…

The Home Office has received a formal warning from the data protection regulator over the government’s use of GPS ankle tags to monitor the location and movement of asylum seekers who arrive in the UK on small boats or via other unauthorised routes.…

Dozens of surveillance companies are providing spyware technology used by governments around the world to spy on the mobile phones of journalists, human rights defenders, dissidents and political opponents. Google’s Threat Analysis Group has…

The UK and France are urging countries to sign an international agreement governing the use of commercial spyware and surveillance tools. At a two-day conference in London, delegates from 35 countries will discuss ways to address the proliferation of…

A senate investigation in Poland has found the use of Pegasus spyware by members of the ruling party against political opponents during the 2019 elections amounted to a gross violation of constitutional standards. A report by a Senate of Poland…

The threat of widespread cyber crime and vulnerabilities in cyber security are among the most severe risks facing businesses, governments and the public over the next decade. Cyber attacks will disrupt critical resources and services, including…

A Russian cyber attack group has been targeting politicians, journalists, and military and intelligence officials across Britain and Europe for at least seven years, and may have stockpiled access to and data from target computers and phones for…