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More Spyware, Fewer Rules: What Trump’s Return Means for US Cybersecurity
1 month, 4 weeks ago

More Spyware, Fewer Rules: What Trump’s Return Means for US Cybersecurity

Wired  

For American companies grousing about new cybersecurity rules, spyware firms eager to expand their global business, and hackers trying to break AI systems, Donald Trump’s second term as president will be a breath of fresh air. “There will be a national security focus, with a strong emphasis on protecting critical infrastructure, government networks, and key industries from cyber threats,” says …

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Hard Code | Cyber mercenaries and nations playing with fire
11 months 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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In Pegasus battle, the fight for surveillance reform
2 years, 5 months ago

In Pegasus battle, the fight for surveillance reform

The Hindu  

A year has passed since the disclosures about the Pegasus Project revealed the threat to India’s democracy. But on July 19, 2021, the Minister of Electronics and Information Technology, Ashwini Vaishnaw, referring to “press reports of 18th July 2021”, refused to directly address the claims made by the Pegasus Project; he stated that the existing legal framework prevents unauthorised surveillance. …

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Spyware find highlights depth of hacker-for-hire industry
3 years ago

Spyware find highlights depth of hacker-for-hire industry

The Hindu  

Security researchers said Thursday they found two kinds of commercial spyware on the phone of a leading exiled Egyptian dissident, providing new evidence of the depth and diversity of the abusive hacker-for-hire industry. The researchers said in a report that the intrusions highlight how “hacking civil society transcends any specific mercenary spyware company.” In detailing the Cytrox infection, the researchers …

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Spyware find highlights depth of hacker-for-hire industry
3 years ago

Spyware find highlights depth of hacker-for-hire industry

Associated Press  

BOSTON — Security researchers said Thursday they found two kinds of commercial spyware on the phone of a leading exiled Egyptian dissident, providing new evidence of the depth and diversity of the abusive hacker-for-hire industry. The researchers said they traced the Cytrox hack to Egypt but didn’t know who was behind the NSO Group infection. The researchers said in a …

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US Lawmakers Call for Sanctions Against Israel's NSO Group, Other Spyware Firms
3 years ago

US Lawmakers Call for Sanctions Against Israel's NSO Group, Other Spyware Firms

News 18  

A group of U.S. lawmakers is asking the Treasury Department and State Department to sanction Israeli spyware firm NSO Group and three other foreign surveillance companies they say helped authoritarian governments commit human rights abuses. Their letter sent late Tuesday and seen by Reuters also asks for sanctions on top executives at NSO, the United Arab Emirates cybersecurity company DarkMatter, …

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Israel distances itself from NSO after U.S. blacklists spyware firm behind phone hacking
3 years, 2 months ago

Israel distances itself from NSO after U.S. blacklists spyware firm behind phone hacking

The Hindu  

Israel has distanced itself from the controversy triggered by the NSO Group after the U.S. blacklisted the technology firm, which had developed the Pegasus spyware that was allegedly used to target government officials, activists and journalists globally, saying that it is a private company and it has nothing to do with the policies of the Israeli government. "NSO is a …

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India’s top court probes spying charges against government
3 years, 2 months ago

India’s top court probes spying charges against government

Associated Press  

NEW DELHI — India’s top court on Wednesday established a committee of experts to look into accusations that Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government used Israeli military-grade spyware to monitor political opponents, journalists and activists. The Supreme Court order came in response to petitions filed by a group of Indian journalists, rights activists and opposition politicians following an investigation by a …

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Israeli surveillance and the end of politics as we know it
3 years, 3 months ago

Israeli surveillance and the end of politics as we know it

Al Jazeera  

The Pegasus scandal showed that critics of Israel and its allies no longer have a right to privacy. Also in July, Canada-based Citizen Lab, an organisation tracking illegal surveillance and hacking which was part of the consortium that exposed the Pegasus scandal, revealed that software developed by another Israeli company, Candiru, has also been used to target the phones and …

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Probe: Journalists, activists among Israeli firm's spyware targets
3 years, 5 months ago

Probe: Journalists, activists among Israeli firm's spyware targets

The Hindu  

An investigation by a global media consortium based on leaked targeting data provides further evidence that military-grade malware from Israel-based NSO Group, the world’s most infamous hacker-for-hire outfit, is being used to spy on journalists, human rights activists and political dissidents. NSO Group denied in an emailed response to AP questions that it has ever maintained “a list of potential, …

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Probe: Journalists, activists among firm’s spyware targets
3 years, 5 months ago

Probe: Journalists, activists among firm’s spyware targets

Associated Press  

BOSTON — An investigation by a global media consortium based on leaked targeting data provides further evidence that military-grade malware from Israel-based NSO Group, the world’s most infamous hacker-for-hire outfit, is being used to spy on journalists, human rights activists and political dissidents. NSO Group denied in an emailed response to AP questions that it has ever maintained “a list …

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Israeli spyware is found on cellphones of journalists
3 years, 5 months ago

Israeli spyware is found on cellphones of journalists

Daily Mail  

Activists, journalists and politicians around the world have been spied on using cellphone malware developed by a private Israeli firm, it emerged Sunday, igniting fears of widespread privacy and rights abuses. The use of the software, called Pegasus and developed by Israel's NSO group, was exposed in a data leak containing 50,000 phone numbers that belong to people targeted by …

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Microsoft says it blocked spying on rights activists, others
3 years, 5 months ago

Microsoft says it blocked spying on rights activists, others

Associated Press  

RICHMOND, Va. — Microsoft said Thursday it has blocked tools developed by an Israeli hacker-for-hire company that were used to spy on more than 100 people around the world, including politicians, human rights activists, journalists, academics and political dissidents. Citizen Lab said the company goes by several names including Candiru, which according to legend is a parasitic fish found in …

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Citizen Lab: Spyware by Israel’s Candiru used to target activists
3 years, 5 months ago

Citizen Lab: Spyware by Israel’s Candiru used to target activists

Al Jazeera  

The University of Toronto’s Citizen Lab, which tracks illegal hacking and surveillance, said at least 100 activists, journalists and government dissidents across 10 countries were targeted with spyware produced by an Israeli company called Candiru. At least 100 activists, journalists and government dissidents across 10 countries were targeted with spyware produced by an Israeli company called Candiru, according to cybersecurity …

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How Myanmar's military moved in on the telecoms sector to spy on citizens
3 years, 7 months ago

How Myanmar's military moved in on the telecoms sector to spy on citizens

India Today  

In the months before the Myanmar military's Feb. 1 coup, the country's telecom and internet service providers were ordered to install intercept spyware that would allow the army to eavesdrop on the communications of citizens, sources with direct knowledge of the plan told Reuters. Telenor said in the Dec. 3 briefing and statement posted on its websites that it was …

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Months before the coup, Myanmar army ordered intercept spyware
3 years, 7 months ago

Months before the coup, Myanmar army ordered intercept spyware

Al Jazeera  

The technology gives the army the power to listen in on calls, view text messages & emails and track user location. In the months before the Myanmar military’s February 1 coup, the country’s telecom and internet service providers were ordered to install intercept spyware that would allow the army to eavesdrop on the communications of citizens, sources with direct knowledge …

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Hacker Eva Galperin Has a Plan to Eradicate Stalkerware
5 years, 9 months ago

Hacker Eva Galperin Has a Plan to Eradicate Stalkerware

Wired  

Over the last year, Eva Galperin says she's learned the signs: the survivors of domestic abuse who come to her describing how their tormentors seem to know everyone they've called, texted, and even what they discussed in their most private conversations. "Full access to someone’s phone is essentially full access to someone’s mind," says Galperin, a security researcher who leads …

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