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Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken announced today a new visa restriction policy that will enable the Department of State to ban those linked to commercial spyware from entering the United States.

The US is imposing a new visa restriction on foreigners caught abusing spyware technologies to curb foreign espionage.

The UK and 35 other nations have signed a new agreement to take action against 'hackers-for-hire' and the commercial markets for intrusion tools.

A threat group named ResumeLooters has stolen the personal data of over two million job seekers after compromising 65 legitimate job listing and retail sites using SQL injection and cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.

Under this new policy, visas can be restricted for investors, company leaders, and individuals representing governments involved in unlawful surveillance.

Greater diplomacy and faster vulnerability identification and remediation, backed by more bug bounty programs, are needed to combat the ongoing rise of advanced

The scope of the new policy extends to investors and operators of commercial spyware suspected of misuse, according to a senior Biden administration official. Private hacking tools have targeted at least 50 U.S. officials in recent years, the official added.

Google exposes global spyware networks, urging action against surveillance software firms. The report unveils tactics targeting journalists and activists, highlighting broader cybersecurity risks.

Four vulnerabilities collectively called

​Unprivileged attackers can get root access on multiple major Linux distributions in default configurations by exploiting a newly disclosed local privilege escalation (LPE) vulnerability in the GNU C Library (glibc).