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US Court Finds NSO Liable For Hacking Of WhatsApp Using Pegasus Malware
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2 days, 9 hours 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 …

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US Court Finds NSO Liable For Hacking Of WhatsApp Using Pegasus Malware
Top News
2 days, 9 hours 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 …

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‘Got an Apple alert…’: Mehbooba Mufti's daughter accuses BJP of snooping
5 months, 1 week ago

‘Got an Apple alert…’: Mehbooba Mufti's daughter accuses BJP of snooping

Hindustan Times  

PDP president Mehbooba Mufti's daughter and media advisor, Iltija Mufti, on Wednesday, alleged that her phone is being hacked by the Pegasus spyware. "Got an Apple alert that my phone's been hacked by Pegasus which GOI has admittedly procured & weaponised to harass critics & political opponents," Iltija Mufti said in a post on X. Mehbooba Mufti also alleged that …

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Threat actors use Israel-Hamas war to install spyware on Israeli Android users: Report
1 year, 2 months ago

Threat actors use Israel-Hamas war to install spyware on Israeli Android users: Report

The Hindu  

Hackers of unknown origin and motivation were found leveraging the elevated interest in the “RedAlert”, an open-source app used by Israeli citizens to receive notifications of incoming rockets, to distribute a malicious version of the app. The app with the malicious code was found to collect sensitive user data including contacts, call logs, SMS, account information, as well as an …

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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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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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Google spots spyware campaigns targeting Android, iOS, and Chrome
1 year, 8 months ago

Google spots spyware campaigns targeting Android, iOS, and Chrome

The Hindu  

Google researchers detected two spyware campaigns that were using various zero-day exploits alongside n-day exploits to target Android, iOS, and Chrome. The link would then redirect them to legitimate websites such as the page to track shipments, or a popular Malaysian website to avoid detection The campaign was also found to be sharing the GPS location of devices while allowing …

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New Apple Security Concerns Pose Risk To iPhone and Mac Users
1 year, 10 months ago

New Apple Security Concerns Pose Risk To iPhone and Mac Users

News 18  

Apple iPhone and Mac users have got a new security concern this week which has the potential to let attackers invade their systems and steal data. And if these issues are not fixed, any malicious app can easily bypass Apple’s security to gain data on the user which includes their location details, messages, call history and more. While Apple claims …

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Apple’s Lockdown Mode Aims to Counter Spyware Threats
54 years, 11 months ago

Apple’s Lockdown Mode Aims to Counter Spyware Threats

Wired  

The surveillance-for-hire Industry has emerged in recent years as a very real threat to activists, dissidents, journalists, and human rights defenders around the world, as vendors offer increasingly invasive and effective spyware to governments. Lockdown Mode attempts to comprehensively address threats from web browsing, for example, by blocking many speed and efficiency features that Safari use to render webpages. In …

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Phones of US State Department Staffers Hacked Using Israeli Firm NSO Group
3 years ago

Phones of US State Department Staffers Hacked Using Israeli Firm NSO Group

News 18  

Apple Inc iPhones of at least nine U.S. State Department employees were hacked by an unknown assailant using sophisticated spyware developed by the Israel-based NSO Group, according to four people familiar with the matter. NSO Group and another spyware firm were "added to the Entity List based on a determination that they developed and supplied spyware to foreign governments that …

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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 issues urgent security update for all iPhone, iPad and Mac users
3 years, 3 months ago

Apple issues urgent security update for all iPhone, iPad and Mac users

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. Researchers at the University of Toronto’s Citizen Lab said they found malicious image files being transmitted to …

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Pegasus | How to find out if your phone was infected with the spyware
3 years, 5 months ago

Pegasus | How to find out if your phone was infected with the spyware

The Hindu  

Pegasus spyware is once again at the centre of a major controversy after a two year hiatus. Researchers at Amnesty International have developed a toolkit that can help users identify whether their phone was infected by the spyware. It simplifies the process of acquiring and analysing data from Android devices, and analyses records from iOS backups and filesystem dumps to …

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Pegasus: Are you at risk? Steps to protect yourself from spyware
3 years, 5 months ago

Pegasus: Are you at risk? Steps to protect yourself from spyware

India TV News  

An international media consortium has published reports claiming NSO Group clients used Pegasus spyware to hack phones of politicians including the ruling party members, journalists, human rights activists and others. The reports claimed that former Congress chief Rahul Gandhi, BJP ministers Ashwini Vaishnaw and Prahlad Singh Patel, as also former election commissioner Ashok Lavasa and poll strategist Prashant Kishor were …

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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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Pegasus: What is the Israeli spyware and how can you tell if it’s on your phone?
3 years, 5 months ago

Pegasus: What is the Israeli spyware and how can you tell if it’s on your phone?

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. Built by Israeli firm NSO Group, also known as Q Cyber Technologies, the spyware can be used …

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Apple condemns Pegasus spyware attack, says it is working on added protection
3 years, 5 months ago

Apple condemns Pegasus spyware attack, says it is working on added protection

India Today  

Apple, the tech giant which emphasises user privacy, was a victim of Pegasus spyware attack that snooped on journalists, activists and some government officials. The leaked database shows that iPhones running iOS 14.6 contain a zero-click iMessage exploit and this exploit could have been used to install Pegasus software on the iPhone devices of the targeted entities. While that means …

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Kaspersky cybersecurity expert explains Pegasus, shares tips to beat such spyware
3 years, 5 months ago

Kaspersky cybersecurity expert explains Pegasus, shares tips to beat such spyware

India Today  

The case of the notorious spyware Pegasus has taken the world by storm, as various reports reveal its unauthorised use compromising the basic human rights of many. Dmitry Galov, security researcher at GReAT, Kaspersky, explains the origins of the Pegasus spyware and how it should not be confused with vulnerabilities. “Pegasus is a spyware with versions for both iOS and …

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Pegasus spyware hacking: Reports show latest iPhones with iOS 14 can be hacked with zero-click iMessage exploit
3 years, 5 months ago

Pegasus spyware hacking: Reports show latest iPhones with iOS 14 can be hacked with zero-click iMessage exploit

India Today  

Pegasus spyware-making Israeli company, NSO Group, has found itself in dire straits again. Amnesty International’s Security Lab carried out an in-depth forensic analysis of several mobile phones of human rights defenders and journalists from around the world to find out that Pegasus’s surveillance is not just a violation of user privacy, it also goes against human rights. The leaked database …

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Pegasus spyware used to ‘snoop’ on Indian journalists, activists
3 years, 5 months ago

Pegasus spyware used to ‘snoop’ on Indian journalists, activists

The Hindu  

Telephone numbers of some 40 Indian journalists figure in a “leaked list of potential targets for surveillance” and forensic tests were said to have “confirmed that some of them were successfully snooped upon by an unidentified agency using Pegasus softwareThe Wire, an independent news website, reported on Sunday night. Indian ministers, government officials and opposition leaders also figure in the …

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