Security researchers have linked the discovery of an actively exploited but since-fixed zero-day vulnerability in Google Chrome to an Israeli spyware maker targeting journalists in the Middle East.

Security researchers uncovered a previously unseen malware cluster associated with Israeli spyware maker Candiru, indicating the company may have rebranded itself to evade sanctions to continue its ...

We’ll send you a myFT Daily Digest email rounding up the latest Cyber Security news every morning. An Israeli cyber warfare group weaponised vulnerabilities in Microsoft and Google products, allowing ...

Candiru is another product of Israel’s cyber mercenary industry. Israel is home to scores of hacker-for-hire businesses, but one of the most clandestine has been Candiru. With no website and few ...

The Israeli spyware vendor Candiru was found using a zero-day vulnerability in Google Chrome to spy on journalists and other high-interest individuals in the Middle East with the 'DevilsTongue' ...

Back in 2018, ESET researchers developed a custom in-house system to uncover watering hole attacks (aka strategic web compromises) on high-profile websites. On July ...

Editor's note: This piece was updated on 26 November to include comment from Candiru. Spyware described as having “strong links” to an Israeli company blacklisted by the US earlier this month has been ...

An Iranian embassy was one of the targets of a hacker crew that targeted 20 websites in an apparent attempt to spy on chosen visitors with commercial spyware, researchers claim. Israeli surveillance ...

While browsing the Internet, you may have read strange tales of a fish that’s known for swimming up the male urethra, becoming painfully lodged there. This fish is called the candiru and is a member ...

The Amazon Basin harbors an amazing amount of biodiversity. Here, freshwater dolphins and bull sharks make their home with vicious piranha and mammoth anacondas (and a plethora of other species).