PatColo
12th May 2013, 05:18 AM
Mozilla Takes Aim at Spyware That Masquerades as Firefox (http://grizzom.blogspot.com/2013/05/mozilla-takes-aim-at-spyware-that.html)
http://hackread.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/Spyware-Hiding-Under-Firefox-Products.png (http://hackread.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/Spyware-Hiding-Under-Firefox-Products.png)
The Mozilla Foundation has sent a legal threat to Gamma International, a UK company that makes a product called "FinSpy" that is used by governments, including brutal dictatorships to spy on dissidents. FinSpy allows these governments to hijack their citizens' screens, cameras, hard-drives and keyboards. Gamma disguises this spyware as copies of Firefox, Mozilla's flagship free/open browser.
Read more here:
Mozilla Takes Aim at Spyware That Masquerades as Firefox (http://www.wired.com/wiredenterprise/2013/04/finfisher-firefox/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+wired%2Findex+%28Wired%3A+Top +Stories%29)
Silent Surveillance: Spyware ‘Hiding’ Under Firefox Products (http://hackread.com/spyware-hiding-under-firefox-products)
Mozilla to FinSpy: stop disguising your "lawful interception" spyware as Firefox (http://boingboing.net/2013/05/01/mozilla-to-finspy-stop-disgui.html)
Report: US government now buys more malware than anyone else in the world
(http://endthelie.com/2013/05/10/report-us-government-now-buys-more-malware-than-anyone-else-in-the-world/#axzz2Sz5yO6Bi)
Posted by Mami (http://www.blogger.com/profile/13298385482303078866) at 11:25 AM No comments: (http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5440450620561193447&postID=1781372933226265437)
http://hackread.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/Spyware-Hiding-Under-Firefox-Products.png (http://hackread.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/Spyware-Hiding-Under-Firefox-Products.png)
The Mozilla Foundation has sent a legal threat to Gamma International, a UK company that makes a product called "FinSpy" that is used by governments, including brutal dictatorships to spy on dissidents. FinSpy allows these governments to hijack their citizens' screens, cameras, hard-drives and keyboards. Gamma disguises this spyware as copies of Firefox, Mozilla's flagship free/open browser.
Read more here:
Mozilla Takes Aim at Spyware That Masquerades as Firefox (http://www.wired.com/wiredenterprise/2013/04/finfisher-firefox/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+wired%2Findex+%28Wired%3A+Top +Stories%29)
Silent Surveillance: Spyware ‘Hiding’ Under Firefox Products (http://hackread.com/spyware-hiding-under-firefox-products)
Mozilla to FinSpy: stop disguising your "lawful interception" spyware as Firefox (http://boingboing.net/2013/05/01/mozilla-to-finspy-stop-disgui.html)
Report: US government now buys more malware than anyone else in the world
(http://endthelie.com/2013/05/10/report-us-government-now-buys-more-malware-than-anyone-else-in-the-world/#axzz2Sz5yO6Bi)
Posted by Mami (http://www.blogger.com/profile/13298385482303078866) at 11:25 AM No comments: (http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5440450620561193447&postID=1781372933226265437)