NSO Group is being probed by FBI for its role in possible hack on American residents and government
5 years, 1 month ago

NSO Group is being probed by FBI for its role in possible hack on American residents and government

Firstpost  

NSO has long maintained that its products cannot target US phone numbers, though some cybersecurity experts have disputed that. The FBI is investigating the role of Israeli spyware vendor NSO Group Technologies in possible hacks on American residents and companies as well as suspected intelligence gathering on governments, according to four people familiar with the inquiry. The probe was underway by 2017, when Federal Bureau of Investigation officials were trying to learn whether NSO obtained from American hackers any of the code it needed to infect smartphones, said one person interviewed by the FBI then and again last year. The FBI conducted more interviews with technology industry experts after Facebook filed a lawsuit in October accusing NSO itself of exploiting a flaw in Facebook’s WhatsApp messaging service to hack 1,400 users, according to two people who spoke with agents or Justice Department officials. A business strategy firm retained on behalf of Amazon.com Inc Chief Executive Jeff Bezos, FTI Consulting, said this month that NSO could have supplied the software it said Saudi Arabia used to hack Bezos’ iPhone.

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No Indian users affected by spyware from Israeli firm
1 month, 3 weeks ago

No Indian users affected by spyware from Israeli firm

Hindustan Times  

A day after Meta said that Israeli spyware company Paragon Solutions had targeted nearly 100 WhatsApp users, including journalists and members of civil society, with its sophisticated spyware called Graphite, a person close to the matter told HT that Indian users were not affected by the said spyware. WhatsApp has disrupted a spyware campaign by Paragon that targeted a number …

Meta-Owned WhatsApp Accuses Spyware Company Paragon Of Targeting Users In Two Dozen Countries
Top News
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Meta-Owned WhatsApp Accuses Spyware Company Paragon Of Targeting Users In Two Dozen Countries

ABP News  

WhatsApp has admitted that the Israeli spyware company Paragon Solutions had targeted a number of users including journalists and members of civil society. Citizen Lab researcher John Scott-Railton while talking about the discovery of Paragon spyware said that this "is a reminder that mercenary spyware continues to proliferate and as it does, so we continue to see familiar patterns of …

WhatsApp says there is new Israeli spyware that can target phones, break into private data
1 month, 3 weeks ago

WhatsApp says there is new Israeli spyware that can target phones, break into private data

India Today  

WhatsApp has accused Israeli spyware company Paragon Solutions of targeting nearly 100 journalists and civil society members in a recent hacking campaign, as per a report by The Guardian. WhatsApp says the attacks were carried out using sophisticated spyware known as Graphite, which is capable of infiltrating devices without requiring any interaction from the victim — a technique known as …

WhatsApp says hackers used Paragon spyware to target journalists, civil society members
1 month, 4 weeks ago

WhatsApp says hackers used Paragon spyware to target journalists, civil society members

Live Mint  

Meta Platforms Inc.’s WhatsApp messenger service said it disrupted a hacking campaign linked to Israeli spyware firm Paragon. “WhatsApp will continue to protect peoples’ ability to communicate privately.” Spyware, which allows users to remotely access mobile phones and monitor encrypted messages without the victim’s knowledge, is a controversial tool that has often been by some governments to target human rights …

WhatsApp says journalists and civil society members targeted by Israeli spyware
1 month, 4 weeks ago

WhatsApp says journalists and civil society members targeted by Israeli spyware

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy About 90 journalists and other members of civil society using WhatsApp were targeted …

WhatsApp says its users targeted by Israeli spyware company Paragon
1 month, 4 weeks ago

WhatsApp says its users targeted by Israeli spyware company Paragon

Al Jazeera  

An official at the Meta-owned platform says it detected attempts by Paragon to hack its users’ accounts. An official at Meta’s popular WhatsApp chat service has said Israeli spyware company Paragon Solutions targeted 90 of its users, including journalists and members of civil society. WhatsApp also told the United Kingdom’s Guardian newspaper that it had “high confidence” the users in …

US judge finds Israel's NSO Group liable for hacking in WhatsApp lawsuit
3 months ago

US judge finds Israel's NSO Group liable for hacking in WhatsApp lawsuit

Deccan Chronicle  

A U.S. judge ruled on Friday in favor of Meta Platforms' WhatsApp in a lawsuit accusing Israel's NSO Group of exploiting a bug in the messaging app to install spy software for unauthorized surveillance. “We spent five years presenting our case because we firmly believe that spyware companies cannot hide behind immunity or avoid accountability for their unlawful actions,” he …

Israel secretly installed Pegasus on WhatsApp to spy on journalists and dissidents, finds US court
3 months ago

Israel secretly installed Pegasus on WhatsApp to spy on journalists and dissidents, finds US court

Live Mint  

In a significant development in favour of Meta Platforms' WhatsApp, a US court found Israeli tech firm NSO Group liable for hacking the devices of 1,400 messaging app users, allowing unathorised surveillance. “We spent five years presenting our case because we firmly believe that spyware companies could not hide behind immunity or avoid accountability for their unlawful actions,” Will Cathcart …

Israeli spyware maker NSO found liable in WhatsApp hacking lawsuit
3 months, 1 week ago

Israeli spyware maker NSO found liable in WhatsApp hacking lawsuit

Hindustan Times  

In a significant first, a Californian court found Israeli spyware maker NSO Group liable for hacking WhatsApp’s servers in a lawsuit brought by the Meta-owned platform in 2019. The district court of Northern District of California concluded that the NSO Group had violated the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, the California Comprehensive Computer Data Access and Fraud Act and Californian …

US Court Finds NSO Liable For Hacking Of WhatsApp Using Pegasus Malware
Top News
3 months, 1 week ago

US Court Finds NSO Liable For Hacking Of WhatsApp Using Pegasus Malware

Live Law  

In a summary judgment, Judge Phyllis Hamilton of the US District Court in Oakland, Northern District of California has found Israeli-mercenary's surveillance firm NSO Group Technologies liable for the hacking of Meta's Whatsapp through its state-of-the-art military-grade malware Pegasus. The Court has found that NSO violated the Computer Fraud & Abuse Act, and Comprehensive Computer Data Access & Fraud Act …

US Court Finds NSO Liable For Hacking Of WhatsApp Using Pegasus Malware
Top News
3 months, 1 week ago

US Court Finds NSO Liable For Hacking Of WhatsApp Using Pegasus Malware

Live Law  

In a summary judgment, Judge Phyllis Hamilton of the US District Court in Oakland, Northern District of California has found Israeli-mercenary's surveillance firm NSO Group Technologies liable for the hacking of Meta's Whatsapp through its state-of-the-art military-grade malware Pegasus. The Court has found that NSO violated the Computer Fraud & Abuse Act, and Comprehensive Computer Data Access & Fraud Act …

Big win for WhatsApp: US judge finds Pegasus maker guilty in spyware case
3 months, 1 week ago

Big win for WhatsApp: US judge finds Pegasus maker guilty in spyware case

Hindustan Times  

A US judge on Friday ruled in favor of Meta Platforms’ WhatsApp in its ongoing lawsuit against Israel's NSO Group, which accuses the spyware company of exploiting a vulnerability in the messaging app to secretly install surveillance software on users' devices. The case stems from WhatsApp’s 2019 lawsuit, which accused NSO of exploiting a vulnerability in the app to install …

Judge rules Israeli firm NSO Group liable for damages in WhatsApp hacking case
3 months, 1 week ago

Judge rules Israeli firm NSO Group liable for damages in WhatsApp hacking case

CNN  

CNN — Messaging service WhatsApp claimed a major legal victory over Israeli spyware firm NSO Group on Friday after a federal judge ruled that NSO was liable under federal and California law for a 2019 hacking spree that breached over 1,000 WhatsApp users. The case will now go to trial on the question of what damages NSO Group owes Meta-owned …

US rolls out visa restriction policy on people who abuse spyware to target journalists, activists
1 year, 1 month ago

US rolls out visa restriction policy on people who abuse spyware to target journalists, activists

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The Biden administration announced Monday it is rolling out a new policy that will allow it to impose visa restrictions on foreign individuals involved in the misuse of commercial spyware. Such targeting has been linked to arbitrary detentions, forced disappearances, and extrajudicial killings in the most egregious of cases.” Biden issued a executive order nearly a year ago …

Journalists, lawyers and activists hacked with Pegasus spyware in Jordan, forensic probe finds
1 year, 1 month ago

Journalists, lawyers and activists hacked with Pegasus spyware in Jordan, forensic probe finds

The Hindu  

Israeli-made Pegasus spyware was used in Jordan to hack the cellphones of at least 30 people, including journalists, lawyers, human rights and political activists, the digital rights group Access Now said on February 1. The U.S. government was unpersuaded and blacklisted the NSO Group in November 2021, when iPhone maker Apple Inc. sued it, calling its employees “amoral 21st century …

Journalists, lawyers and activists hacked with Pegasus spyware in Jordan, forensic probe finds
1 year, 1 month ago

Journalists, lawyers and activists hacked with Pegasus spyware in Jordan, forensic probe finds

Associated Press  

Israeli-made Pegasus spyware was used in Jordan to hack the cellphones of at least 30 people, including journalists, lawyers, human rights and political activists, the digital rights group Access Now said Thursday. The U.S. government was unpersuaded and blacklisted the NSO Group in November 2021, when iPhone maker Apple Inc. sued it, calling its employees “amoral 21st century mercenaries who …

Pegasus Spyware found on Indian journalists’ phones after Apple alert: Amnesty International
1 year, 3 months ago

Pegasus Spyware found on Indian journalists’ phones after Apple alert: Amnesty International

The Hindu  

The Wire news website’s founder editor, Siddharth Varadarajan, and another journalist in India were targeted with Pegasus spyware this year, the nonprofit Amnesty International’s Security Lab was able to determine after testing their devices, it announced on Thursday. The journalists had received an alert from Apple that they were being targeted by “state- Separately, TheWashington Post reported that after the …

Indian journalists targeted by Israeli spyware again: What do we know?
1 year, 3 months ago

Indian journalists targeted by Israeli spyware again: What do we know?

Al Jazeera  

A new forensic investigation by Amnesty International and The Washington Post has shown the use of the Israeli Pegasus spyware, likely by the Indian government, to surveil high-profile Indian journalists. The report, published by Amnesty’s Security Lab, found continued use of the software to target high-profile Indian journalists including a journalist who had also previously been a victim of attacks …

Indian journalist's phone targeted with Israeli spyware Pegasus: Report
1 year, 4 months ago

Indian journalist's phone targeted with Israeli spyware Pegasus: Report

Hindustan Times  

An Indian journalist has been allegedly subjected to hacking using Pegasus, a spyware manufactured by Israel-based NSO Group. Anand Magnale, who works for a global group of investigative journalists called Organised Crime and Corruption Reporting Project, was reportedly among those in India who received alerts on their Apple mobile devices which prompted a row over issue of national security and …

Pegasus maker, other spyware firms roped in to track hostages in Gaza
1 year, 5 months ago

Pegasus maker, other spyware firms roped in to track hostages in Gaza

Live Mint  

Since its ghastly attack on Israel, Hamas has kept hundreds of Israelis including foreigners captive in Gaza. In a major development, Israeli security forces have roped in spyware firms like Pegasus maker to track hostages in the Gaza strip, reported Bloomberg citing sources. Along with Israel, countries like Italy and the US are also keen to bring back the hostages …

Israeli firm NSO’s spyware again hacking iPhones: Report
1 year, 11 months ago

Israeli firm NSO’s spyware again hacking iPhones: Report

Al Jazeera  

A research group says the Israeli NSO Group’s spyware was used to launch at least three “zero click” attacks on the iPhones of civil society members last year. Citizen Lab released its findings on Tuesday into NSO’s global reach after its software infected the phones of at least two human rights defenders in Mexico in 2022. ‘Penetrate and perhaps blunt’ …

Press groups: Spyware again used against Mexican activists
1 year, 11 months ago

Press groups: Spyware again used against Mexican activists

Associated Press  

MEXICO CITY — Press freedom groups said Tuesday the Mexican government apparently continued to use Pegasus spyware to infect telephones of human rights activists as recently as late 2022, despite a pledge by President Andrés Manuel López Obrador to stop such spying. “So far in the administration of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, at least three human rights activists and …

Chinese foreign ministry accuse US of spying 'without evidence' since ever
1 year, 11 months ago

Chinese foreign ministry accuse US of spying 'without evidence' since ever

Firstpost  

New Delhi: After US President Joe Biden issued a new executive order purportedly limiting the use of spyware by the government, China responded by accusing the United States of attempting to preserve “hegemony in cyberspace” under the guise of “national security.” According to Mao Ning, a spokesperson for the Foreign Ministry, the recent White House directive aimed at curbing specific …

Indian defence agency bought spyware from Pegasus ‘rival’, trade data reveals
1 year, 11 months ago

Indian defence agency bought spyware from Pegasus ‘rival’, trade data reveals

The Hindu  

An Indian defence agency has been purchasing equipment from an Israeli spyware firm that is being billed as a potential Pegasus alternative, according to trade data reviewed by The Hindu. “Cognyte regularly targeted journalists, dissidents, critics of authoritarian regimes, families of opposition, and human rights activists around the world, without their knowledge, and collected intelligence on these people by manipulating …

‘Officers told me to be careful...’: Rahul Gandhi on Pegasus issue
2 years ago

‘Officers told me to be careful...’: Rahul Gandhi on Pegasus issue

Live Mint  

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has once again raked up the Pegasus snooping issue, saying that a large number of politicians including him had the Israeli spyware software on their phones. Journalist Paranjoy Guha Thakurta, SNM Abdi, Prem Shankar Jha, Rupesh Kumar Singh, and Ipsa Shatakshi, who are reported to be on the potential list of snoop targets of Pegasus spyware, …

Pegasus spyware | U.S. Supreme Court lets WhatsApp pursue suit
2 years, 2 months ago

Pegasus spyware | U.S. Supreme Court lets WhatsApp pursue suit

The Hindu  

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday let Meta Platforms Inc.'s WhatsApp pursue a lawsuit accusing Israel's NSO Group of exploiting a bug in its WhatsApp messaging app to install spy software allowing the surveillance of 1,400 people, including journalists, human rights activists, and dissidents. NSO appealed a trial judge's 2020 refusal to award it "conduct-based immunity," a common law doctrine …

US Supreme Court allows Meta, WhatsApp to sue NSO for installing Pegasus spyware on devices
2 years, 2 months ago

US Supreme Court allows Meta, WhatsApp to sue NSO for installing Pegasus spyware on devices

Firstpost  

The Supreme Court of the United States has decided to allow Meta and WhatsApp to pursue a lawsuit against Israel’s NSO Group for exploiting a bug in WhatsApp and installing spyware on the devices of over 1400 people across the world. NSO’s seeking immunity Ever since Meta announced that they will be going after NSO to the extent that the …

Justices turn away Israeli spyware maker in WhatsApp suit
2 years, 2 months ago

Justices turn away Israeli spyware maker in WhatsApp suit

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday rejected an Israeli spyware maker’s bid to derail a high-profile lawsuit filed by the WhatsApp messaging service. It claimed Pegasus had affected a small number of iPhone users worldwide, calling NSO’s employees “amoral 21st century mercenaries.” In November, journalists from an investigative news outlet in El Salvador also sued NSO in a U.S. …

WhatsApp’s Pegasus spyware lawsuit can go ahead: US top court
2 years, 2 months ago

WhatsApp’s Pegasus spyware lawsuit can go ahead: US top court

Al Jazeera  

Israeli firm NSO Group’s spyware has been linked to state surveillance of human rights activists and dissidents. The United States Supreme Court has allowed the WhatsApp messaging platform to pursue a lawsuit against Israel’s NSO Group, which makes the Pegasus spyware linked to state surveillance of journalists, human rights advocates and dissidents around the world. “NSO’s spyware has enabled cyberattacks …

Indonesian officials targeted by spyware: sources
2 years, 5 months ago

Indonesian officials targeted by spyware: sources

Al Jazeera  

More than a dozen senior Indonesian government and military officials were targeted last year with spy software designed by an Israeli surveillance firm, according to nine people with knowledge of the matter. Six of the Indonesian officials and advisers targeted told Reuters they received an email message from Apple Inc in November 2021 telling them that Apple believed officials were …

Israeli spyware company NSO Group CEO steps down
2 years, 7 months ago

Israeli spyware company NSO Group CEO steps down

Al Jazeera  

Surveillance firm is embroiled in legal action after allegations that its tools have been used to target dissidents. Israeli spyware firm NSO Group has said its Chief Executive Shalev Hulio is stepping down with immediate effect, with Chief Operating Officer Yaron Shohat appointed to oversee a reorganisation of the company before a successor is named. The surveillance firm, which makes …

NSO chief steps down as Israeli spyware firm restructures
2 years, 7 months ago

NSO chief steps down as Israeli spyware firm restructures

The Hindu  

The chief executive of embattled Israeli spyware maker NSO has stepped down as part of a corporate reorganization, the company announced Sunday. Last year, the U.S. placed restrictions on the company, saying its tools had been used to “conduct transnational repression.” NSO denies any wrongdoing. Sunday's statement said firm's reorganization will examine “all aspects of its business, including streamlining its …

NSO chief steps down as Israeli spyware firm restructures
2 years, 7 months ago

NSO chief steps down as Israeli spyware firm restructures

Associated Press  

JERUSALEM — The chief executive of embattled Israeli spyware maker NSO has stepped down as part of a corporate reorganization, the company announced Sunday. Last year, the U.S. placed restrictions on the company, saying its tools had been used to “conduct transnational repression.” NSO denies any wrongdoing. Sunday’s statement said firm’s reorganization will examine “all aspects of its business, including …

Pegasus spyware targeted Thai democracy activists: Report
2 years, 8 months ago

Pegasus spyware targeted Thai democracy activists: Report

Al Jazeera  

NGO investigation finds controversial malware on the phones of 30 activists and civil society leaders after they receive an Apple security warning. At least 30 Thai activists involved in pro-democracy protests were victims of Pegasus spyware during a government crackdown on dissent, according to an investigation by a group of internet watchdog organisations. Canadian group Citizen Lab and Thai NGOs …

Thai pro-democracy activists had phones attacked with government-sponsored Pegasus spyware, investigators say
2 years, 8 months ago

Thai pro-democracy activists had phones attacked with government-sponsored Pegasus spyware, investigators say

ABC  

Thai activists involved in the country's pro-democracy protests had their mobile phones and other devices infected and attacked with government- Key points: Activists were monitored using Israeli-made Pegasus software, researchers say The pro-democracy movement attracted up to 30,000 people to demonstrations in Bangkok in 2020 Pegasus maker NSO Group has defended its business in the face of multiple legal challenges …

Apple to release new ‘Lockdown Mode’ as it battles spyware firms
2 years, 8 months ago

Apple to release new ‘Lockdown Mode’ as it battles spyware firms

The Hindu  

Apple Inc on Wednesday said it plans to release a new feature called "Lockdown Mode" this fall that aims to add a new layer of protection for human rights advocates, political dissidents and other targets of sophisticated hacking attacks. "Lockdown Mode" will come to Apple's iPhones, iPads and Macs this fall and turning it on will block most attachments sent …

Apple to add 'lockdown' safeguard on iPhones, iPads, Macs
2 years, 8 months ago

Apple to add 'lockdown' safeguard on iPhones, iPads, Macs

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Apple said it will roll …

Beware! This Italian Spyware Is Hacking Apple iPhones And Android Smartphones
2 years, 9 months ago

Beware! This Italian Spyware Is Hacking Apple iPhones And Android Smartphones

ABP News  

Google has identified spyware and hacking tools owned by an Italian vendor that was used to spy on Apple iPhones and Android smartphones. The Italian company identified by Google is RCS Labs, which uses a combination of tactics, including atypical drive-by downloads as initial infection vectors, to target mobile users on both iOS and Android operating systems. "Seven of the …

Top US court seeks Biden input on lawsuit against Israel’s NSO
2 years, 9 months ago

Top US court seeks Biden input on lawsuit against Israel’s NSO

Al Jazeera  

Supreme Court asks Justice Department to say whether spyware firm is immune from WhatsApp lawsuit over alleged hacking. Last November, a US Court of Appeals dismissed NSO Group’s push to assert legal immunity, but on Monday the top US court asked the US Department of Justice to “file a brief in this case expressing the views of the United States”. …

Spyware use on separatists in Spain “extensive,” group says
2 years, 11 months ago

Spyware use on separatists in Spain “extensive,” group says

Associated Press  

MADRID — The phones of dozens of pro-independence supporters in Spain’s northeastern Catalonia, including the regional chief and other elected officials, were hacked with controversial spyware available only to governments, a cybersecurity rights group said Monday. Citizen Lab, a research group affiliated with the University of Toronto, said a large-scale investigation it had conducted in collaboration with Catalan civil society …

Security News This Week: North Korea’s Lazarus Group Was Behind $540 Million Ronin Theft
2 years, 11 months ago

Security News This Week: North Korea’s Lazarus Group Was Behind $540 Million Ronin Theft

Wired  

Early this week, the Ukrainian Computer Emergency Response Team and Slovakian cybersecurity firm ESET warned that Russia's notorious GRU Sandworm hackers had targeted high-voltage electrical substations in Ukraine using a variation of their blackout-inducing Industroyer malware, also known as Crash Override. Days later, the US Department of Energy, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, the NSA, and the FBI jointly …

NSO turns to US Supreme Court for immunity in WhatsApp suit
2 years, 11 months ago

NSO turns to US Supreme Court for immunity in WhatsApp suit

Associated Press  

JERUSALEM — The Israeli spyware maker NSO Group is turning to the U.S. Supreme Court as it seeks to head off a high-profile lawsuit filed by the WhatsApp messaging service. In a filing to the Supreme Court, NSO said it should be recognized as a foreign government agent and therefore be entitled to immunity under U.S. law limiting lawsuits against …

Pegasus: What you need to know about Israeli spyware
3 years, 1 month ago

Pegasus: What you need to know about Israeli spyware

Al Jazeera  

The Israeli company has been linked to governments exploiting its technology to spy on journalists, activists and politicians. Pegasus, spyware made by the Israeli technology company NSO Group, is making headlines again after it was reported that the Israeli police used it for spying on dozens of its own citizens – including senior government officials and protesters rallying up against …

iPhone flaw exploited by second Israeli spy firm: Reuters
3 years, 1 month ago

iPhone flaw exploited by second Israeli spy firm: Reuters

Live Mint  

A flaw in Apple's software exploited by Israeli surveillance firm NSO Group to break into iPhones in 2021 was simultaneously abused by a competing company, according to five people familiar with the matter. Experts analyzing intrusions engineered by NSO Group and QuaDream since last year believe the two companies used very similar software exploits, known as ForcedEntry, to hijack iPhones. …

Not Just Pegasus By NSO Group, Another Israeli Spy Firm Also 'Hacked' iPhones
3 years, 1 month ago

Not Just Pegasus By NSO Group, Another Israeli Spy Firm Also 'Hacked' iPhones

News 18  

WASHINGTON: A flaw in Apple's software exploited by Israeli surveillance firm NSO Group to break into iPhones in 2021 was simultaneously abused by a competing company, according to five people familiar with the matter. Experts analyzing intrusions engineered by NSO Group and QuaDream since last year believe the two companies used very similar software exploits, known as ForcedEntry, to hijack …

FBI confirms it bought spyware from Israel's NSO Group
3 years, 1 month ago

FBI confirms it bought spyware from Israel's NSO Group

The Hindu  

The FBI has confirmed purchasing NSO Group's powerful spyware tool Pegasus, whose chronic abuse to surveil journalists, dissidents and human rights activists has long been established. “Spending millions of dollars to line the pockets of a company that is widely known to serially facilitate widespread human rights abuses, possible criminal acts, and operations that threaten the U.S.’s own national security …

FBI confirms it bought spyware from Israel’s NSO Group
3 years, 1 month ago

FBI confirms it bought spyware from Israel’s NSO Group

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The FBI has confirmed purchasing NSO Group’s powerful spyware tool Pegasus, whose chronic abuse to surveil journalists, dissidents and human rights activists has long been established. “Spending millions of dollars to line the pockets of a company that is widely known to serially facilitate widespread human rights abuses, possible criminal acts, and operations that threaten the U.S.’s own …

Israeli police: Possible improper surveillance by our own
3 years, 1 month ago

Israeli police: Possible improper surveillance by our own

Associated Press  

JERUSALEM — Israel’s national police force on Tuesday said it had found evidence pointing to improper use of sophisticated spyware by its own investigators to snoop on Israeli citizens’ phones. The announcement came two weeks after an Israeli newspaper reported a string of instances of the police using the NSO Group’s Pegasus software to surveil protesters, politicians and criminal suspects …

Phone of senior HRW investigator ‘targeted’ by NSO spyware
3 years, 2 months ago

Phone of senior HRW investigator ‘targeted’ by NSO spyware

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Human Rights Watch said on …

Rights group says Lebanese staffer targeted with NSO spyware
3 years, 2 months ago

Rights group says Lebanese staffer targeted with NSO spyware

Associated Press  

BEIRUT — Human Rights Watch said Wednesday that one of its senior staff members was targeted last year with spyware designed by the Israeli hacker-for hire company NSO Group. The New York-based rights group said the software was used against Lama Fakih, the director of its Beirut office who also oversees its crisis response in several countries, including Syria, Myanmar, …

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