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A new front has opened up in the Operation Pawn Storm cyber-espionage operation -- an iOS app that spies on users, up to and including secretly turning on the phone's microphone to listen in to meetings and conversations.
Adobe started to push a new release of Flash Player that fixes the zero-day vulnerability currently exploited in the wild and reported by the company on Monday.

Still looking for a reason to upgrade to iOS 8? Security firm Trend Micro released a report on Wednesday revealing that some of the most dangerous spyware it has ever seen is making the rounds on iOS devices, but is far more effective on iOS 7than on Apple’s latest operating system release.

A new brand of malware that could be tied to the Russian government is being used to spy on Western military officials, government workers and members of the media, according to new research from a prominent cybersecurity firm. Known as “Operation Pawn Storm,” the spyware first targeted Microsoft users about the time Russian troops invaded Ukraine, though it has now been discovered on Apple iOS devices.
“Operation Pawn Storm,” an espionage campaign initially profiled in October, has a new tactic for spying on targets' communications - installing spyware on acquaintances' iOS devices.
Attack campaign tied to Russia now zeroing in on mobile user's iPhones, iPads.

Less than five weeks into the new year, 2015 is already shaping up as one of the most perilous years for users of Adobe Flash, with active exploits against three separate zero-day vulnerabilities, one of which still wasn't fully patched as this post went live.

Reports have surfaced today that a new type of spyware is in the wild and targeting iOS devices. The spyware is part of a malware campaign security industry people are calling “Operation Pawn Storm.”

In 2004 a project of the European Commission launched "Safer Internet Day," which became an annual event held on the second Tuesday of February. This year represents the 11th Safer Internet Day, which is now being celebrated in more than 100 countries, including the United States.

Attackers who have slipped malicious advertisements onto major websites over the last month have potentially compromised large numbers of computers.