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Pegasus: What you need to know about Israeli spyware
2 years, 11 months 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 …

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Joe Biden Can’t Stop the Most Notorious Spyware Company in the World
55 years ago

Joe Biden Can’t Stop the Most Notorious Spyware Company in the World

Slate  

On Wednesday, the U.S. Department of Commerce barred notorious Israeli spyware company NSO Group, along with three other companies, from receiving exports of U.S. technologies because of the companies’ malicious cyber activities. The statement frames the sanctions as part of the White House’s “efforts to put human rights at the center of U.S. foreign policy, including by working to stem …

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You Really, Really Need to Update Your iPhone and Other Apple Devices
55 years ago

You Really, Really Need to Update Your iPhone and Other Apple Devices

Slate  

On Monday, Apple announced that it was releasing emergency security updates for its iOS and MacOS operating systems after the company discovered a new zero-click vulnerability with help from researchers at the University of Toronto’s Citizen Lab. The Citizen Lab researchers released a report that same day detailing how they had come across the exploit Apple patched by examining the …

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Future Tense Newsletter: We Need a Muppet Version of Frankenstein
55 years ago

Future Tense Newsletter: We Need a Muppet Version of Frankenstein

Slate  

Sign up to receive the Future Tense newsletter every other Saturday. Both remained quite true to the original texts, particularly the latter: The Independent quite rightly called A Muppet Christmas Carol “the definitive adaptation of the Dickens classic—and perhaps the greatest Christmas movie of its decade.” My middle-school teacher begged us to watch A Muppet Christmas Carol if we were …

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There is an urgent need for a moratorium on sale of spy tech
3 years, 4 months ago

There is an urgent need for a moratorium on sale of spy tech

Al Jazeera  

In July 2021, an investigation by a consortium of media outlets revealed that several governments used phone malware supplied by an Israeli firm to spy on journalists, activists, opposition figures and heads of state. The group’s first and so far only transparency report released in June 2021 states: “The Defense Export Controls Agency of the Israeli Ministry of Defense strictly …

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Liberal democracies must stand up
3 years, 5 months ago

Liberal democracies must stand up

Hindustan Times  

As revelations from Project Pegasus continue to make global headlines, one is reminded of a term the former and late United States secretary of defense, Donald Rumsfeld used in 2002 — “unknown unknowns”. The report claims that an agency of Israel’s ministry of defence “strictly restricts the licensing of Pegasus”, independently analysing potential buyers from a “human rights perspective”. The …

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Millions sleep well at night, walk safely on streets due to technologies like Pegasus: NSO
3 years, 5 months ago

Millions sleep well at night, walk safely on streets due to technologies like Pegasus: NSO

India Today  

Amidst the raging controversy over its surveillance software Pegasus, Israeli cybersecurity company NSO Group has defended itself by saying that millions of people around the world sleep well at night and walk in the streets safely due to such technologies available with intelligence and law enforcement agencies. Read: All you wanted to know about Pegasus but didn’t know who to …

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Pegasus: Israel to review allegations of misuse and licensing process
3 years, 5 months ago

Pegasus: Israel to review allegations of misuse and licensing process

India TV News  

Amid the Pegasus snooping case backlash, Israel has established a committee to review the allegations of misuse of the NSO group's surveillance software and hinted at a possible "review of the whole matter of giving licences". “The defence establishment appointed a review committee made up of a number of bodies," lawmaker Ram Ben-Barak, the head of Knesset’s Foreign Affairs and …

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Pegasus: Israel to review allegations of misuse and licensing process
3 years, 5 months ago

Pegasus: Israel to review allegations of misuse and licensing process

India TV News  

Amid the Pegasus snooping case backlash, Israel has established a committee to review the allegations of misuse of the NSO group's surveillance software and hinted at a possible "review of the whole matter of giving licences". “The defence establishment appointed a review committee made up of a number of bodies," lawmaker Ram Ben-Barak, the head of Knesset’s Foreign Affairs and …

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The Pegasus leak: What you need to know right now
3 years, 5 months ago

The Pegasus leak: What you need to know right now

Firstpost  

Pegasus is a spyware suite sold by Israeli company NSO Group to “vetted government clients”. These numbers are allegedly a “target list” of phones hacked/to be hacked by the Pegasus spyware product sold by Israel’s NSO Group. The NSO Group claims to sell the Pegasus suite only to “vetted governments” and not private entities, which suggests that the target list …

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Pegasus issue | Governments need to hold NSO accountable: WhatsApp CEO
3 years, 5 months ago

Pegasus issue | Governments need to hold NSO accountable: WhatsApp CEO

The Hindu  

Following revelations that NSO Group’s ‘Pegasus’ software may have been used to snoop on journalists, politicians and activists worldwide, including holders of 300 Indian phone numbers, WhatsApp CEO Will Cathcart has called on governments and companies to take steps to hold the Israeli technology firm accountable. The Modi government’s response had not categorically denied that it engaged the services of …

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Govts need to take steps to hold NSO Group accountable: WhatsApp CEO
3 years, 5 months ago

Govts need to take steps to hold NSO Group accountable: WhatsApp CEO

The Hindu  

Following revelations that NSO Group’s ‘Pegasus’ software may have been used to snoop on journalists, politicians and activists worldwide, including holders of 300 Indian phone numbers, WhatsApp CEO Will Cathcart has called on governments and companies to take steps to hold the Israeli technology firm accountable. Mr. Cathcart added that there is a need for more companies, and, critically, governments, …

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