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Has Serbia hacked activists’, journalists’ phones? Why?
6 days, 1 hour ago

Has Serbia hacked activists’, journalists’ phones? Why?

Al Jazeera  

Amnesty International has revealed that phones belonging to Serbian activists and journalists have been hacked by Serbian intelligence and police using Israeli spyware and other mobile device forensics tools. In October, 2023, Amnesty International’s Security Lab revealed that two prominent journalists had been targeted via their iPhones with Pegasus spyware. It is not known who was responsible., Amnesty International’s Security …

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Probe clears Greek government agencies in spyware scandal but opposition calls it a cover-up
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Probe clears Greek government agencies in spyware scandal but opposition calls it a cover-up

Associated Press  

ATHENS, Greece — A two-year investigation in Greece has cleared the country’s security agencies of involvement in an international spyware scandal that triggered sanctions by the United States earlier this year, a senior prosecutor said Tuesday. Supreme Court prosecutor Georgia Adilini said she found no evidence linking Greece’s National Intelligence Service, the police force or its anti-terrorism division to the …

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Spyware Users Exposed in Major Data Breach
5 months, 1 week ago

Spyware Users Exposed in Major Data Breach

Wired  

In one of the largest-ever breaches of a US telecom giant, AT&T revealed this week that “nearly all” its customer phone and text records were stolen after hackers accessed its account on a third-party cloud service. Researchers at crypto-tracing firm Elliptic revealed this week that an online marketplace, Huione Guarantee, is facilitating billions of dollars in financial scams frequently known …

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Weekly Tech Wrap: CMF Phone 1 & Samsung’s New Foldables Now Official, Apple Warns Of iPhone Spyware Attacks, More
5 months, 1 week ago

Weekly Tech Wrap: CMF Phone 1 & Samsung’s New Foldables Now Official, Apple Warns Of iPhone Spyware Attacks, More

ABP News  

Weekly Tech Wrap: Samsung and CMF bookends the week with major launches. Central to both the Galaxy Z Fold 6 and Z Flip 6 is the specially engineered Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 Mobile Platform, tailored to optimise performance for Samsung’s devices. CMF Phone 1 Finally Official CMF, the budget-friendly sub-brand of Nothing, introduced three new products on Monday. The …

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Apple warns Indian iPhone users of Pegasus-like possible ‘spyware attack’
5 months, 1 week ago

Apple warns Indian iPhone users of Pegasus-like possible ‘spyware attack’

Hindustan Times  

Apple issued warnings to some iPhone users in India that their device could become a likely target of Pegasus-like “mercenary spyware attack”. Apple warned some iPhone users in India of possible spyware attack. Apple also informed targeted iPhone users that attacks possibly “cost millions of dollars and are individually deployed against a very small number of people, but the targeting …

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Apple issues fresh spyware attack alert to iPhone users in India: Here's what's happening
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Apple issues fresh spyware attack alert to iPhone users in India: Here's what's happening

India TV News  

The tech giant Apple has issued a new warning to iPhone users in at least 98 countries, including India, regarding a potential new mercenary spyware attack similar to 'Pegasus'. According to the Apple warning, they have detected that "you are being targeted by a mercenary spyware attack that is attempting to remotely compromise the iPhone associated with your Apple ID." …

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Apple warns of potential spyware attacks to users in India, 91 other nations
8 months, 1 week ago

Apple warns of potential spyware attacks to users in India, 91 other nations

New Indian Express  

NEW DELHI: The iPhone maker, Apple, has sent threat notifications to some users in India and 91 other countries, warning them of potential attacks by mercenary spyware. “Although it’s never possible to achieve absolute certainty when detecting such attacks, Apple has high confidence in this warning — please take it seriously… Mercenary spyware attacks, such as those using Pegasus from …

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Apple issues warning to users in India, 91 other countries about possible ‘mercenary spyware’ attack
8 months, 1 week ago

Apple issues warning to users in India, 91 other countries about possible ‘mercenary spyware’ attack

Live Mint  

Apple has warned its users in India and 91 other countries that they may have been the victims of a "mercenary spyware" attack, according to multiple media reports. Mercenary spyware attacks like NSO Group's Peagusus are ‘exceptionally rare’ and ‘vastly more sophisticated’ than a regular cybercriminal activity or consumer malware, Apple stated in the threat notification. Apple's updated support page …

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‘Mercenary spyware’: Apple updates threat notification system
8 months, 1 week ago

‘Mercenary spyware’: Apple updates threat notification system

Hindustan Times  

Apple has sent out the first batch of threat notifications for this year to 92 countries, including India, on Thursday, warning users that they may have been individually targeted using mercenary spyware. This is a shift from Apple’s previous threat notifications that warned users about attempts to compromise their devices using state- Apple launched the threat notification system in November …

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Hard Code | Cyber mercenaries and nations playing with fire
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Hard Code | Cyber mercenaries and nations playing with fire

Hindustan Times  

For several years now, the murky world of cyber mercenaries has enabled staggering attacks on political leaders, civil liberties, private enterprise and institutions. The potential first became clear in 2019, when WhatsApp sued what was then a little-known Israeli company called NSO Group, for building a spyware called Pegasus, which at the time enabled the snooping on 1,400 people which …

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Indian journalists targeted by Israeli spyware again: What do we know?
11 months, 3 weeks 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 …

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India’s opposition leaders’ iPhones targeted by state-sponsored hackers | Explained
1 year, 1 month ago

India’s opposition leaders’ iPhones targeted by state-sponsored hackers | Explained

The Hindu  

On October 31, more than half a dozen Indian opposition leaders and prominent journalists received a notification from Apple, warning them their iPhones were targeted by state- The iPhone maker confirmed it had sent the threat notifications, but clarified later that it hadn’t named the Indian government in its nor if the hacking attempts were a success. A spokesman later …

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Patched bugs in Apple and Google software exploited in spyware attacks: Report
1 year, 2 months ago

Patched bugs in Apple and Google software exploited in spyware attacks: Report

The Hindu  

Security bugs in Apple’s iOS and Google’s Chrome were found to have been exploited by threat actors to infect devices with Cytrox’s Predator spyware. The bugs, that were recently patched, were abused as part of an exploit chain to install the spyware, Citizen Lab and Google’s Threat Analysis Group shared in a blog post. Some of the domains used to …

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Leading Egyptian opposition presidential candidate targeted by spyware
1 year, 3 months ago

Leading Egyptian opposition presidential candidate targeted by spyware

Al Jazeera  

Security researchers, including from Google, believe the Egyptian government is behind the attacks. An opposition Egyptian presidential candidate was targeted with spyware a number of times in recent months, with Egyptian authorities likely behind the hacking attempts, security researchers say. Researchers at the University of Toronto-based Citizen Lab and Google’s Threat Analysis Group found the malware against Altantawy last week, …

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Israeli firm NSO’s spyware again hacking iPhones: Report
1 year, 8 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’ …

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Pegasus spyware targeted Thai democracy activists: Report
2 years, 5 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 …

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Apple to release new ‘Lockdown Mode’ as it battles spyware firms
2 years, 5 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 …

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Why you need to know about these password attacks
2 years, 8 months ago

Why you need to know about these password attacks

Live Mint  

The 2022 Weak Password Report, which is an investigative look at the state of passwords used globally, had some interesting findings on how people still reuse old passwords to protect their data and the common themes, patterns they follow to set a password. According to the report, which was released recently by the Sweden-based password management and authentication solution vendor …

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For Apple and Google, fight against state-sponsored spyware isn’t getting easier
3 years ago

For Apple and Google, fight against state-sponsored spyware isn’t getting easier

Hindustan Times  

Just days after Apple filed a lawsuit against the Israeli firm NSO Group for the surveillance and targeting of Apple users with the Pegasus spyware, the tech giant has also detailed how it detects traces and activities that are generally consistent with a state- Google, meanwhile, continues to face its own set of challenges with regards to curbing spyware on …

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Apple files lawsuit against Israel’s NSO Group
3 years, 1 month ago

Apple files lawsuit against Israel’s NSO Group

The Hindu  

Apple Inc said on Tuesday it has filed a lawsuit against Israeli cyber firm NSO Group and its parent company OSY Technologies for alleged surveillance and targeting of U.S. Apple users with its Pegasus spyware. NSO has also faced either legal action or criticism from Microsoft Corp, Meta Platforms Inc, Alphabet Inc and Cisco Systems Inc. NSO is allegedly involved …

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Parliament disrupted to protect interest of one family: Ravi Shankar Prasad attacks Congress on Pegasus row
3 years, 4 months ago

Parliament disrupted to protect interest of one family: Ravi Shankar Prasad attacks Congress on Pegasus row

India Today  

"Parliament is not been allowed to function just to protect the interest of a particular family," Former Union Information and Technology Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Thursday attacked the Congress on Parliament logjam over the Pegasus row. Questioning the reports on the Pegasus issue, Ravi Shankar Prasad asked, "Has any responsible quarter, given any evidence that such and such number …

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Worried about Pegasus? This app will let you detect it in your iPhone
3 years, 4 months ago

Worried about Pegasus? This app will let you detect it in your iPhone

India Today  

Revelations around the Pegasus spyware made waves around the globe recently. Created by Israel's NSO Group, the spyware exploited zero-day vulnerabilities to collect data from targeted smartphones without the user knowing anything about it. Called iMazing, the app works for both macOS and Windows and can be used to find out if a connected iPhone has been compromised by the …

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Chidambaram attacks govt over Pegasus, asks whether it will give up 'ostrich-like attitude'
3 years, 4 months ago

Chidambaram attacks govt over Pegasus, asks whether it will give up 'ostrich-like attitude'

India TV News  

Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram on Friday attacked the government over the Pegasus snooping allegations, asking whether it will give up its "ostrich-like attitude" and agree to the Opposition's demand for a full discussion in Parliament on the issue. Attacking the government, Chidambaram said another case of misuse of Pegasus spyware has been revealed now with France's national cybersecurity agency …

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Pegasus Issue | What are zero-click attacks and how do they infect smartphones?
3 years, 5 months ago

Pegasus Issue | What are zero-click attacks and how do they infect smartphones?

The Hindu  

According to an investigative report by a consortium of media outlets, thousands of activists, journalists and political leaders across the world were targeted by clients of an Israeli spyware maker NSO Group. At the heart of the hack is a powerful spyware called Pegasus, which uses zero day vulnerability in the operating systems to enter into a targeted individual’s phone. …

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