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Anurag Thakur lambasts Rahul Gandhi for his 'Pegasus' statement, says, 'Doing hue and cry on...'
1 year, 9 months ago

Anurag Thakur lambasts Rahul Gandhi for his 'Pegasus' statement, says, 'Doing hue and cry on...'

India TV News  

Pegasus row: The Union Minister for I&B Anurag Thakur lashed out at Congress leader Rahul Gandhi for his recent statement on 'Pegasus' matter at the University of Cambridge. Rahul Gandhi should listen to what Italian PM said about PM Modi," said Union Minister Anurag Thakur. Former Congress president Rahul Gandhi during his lecture on Thursday at the prestigious University of …

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Spyware Scandals Are Ripping Through Europe
2 years, 4 months ago

Spyware Scandals Are Ripping Through Europe

Wired  

The text message that dragged Thanasis Koukakis into what’s being called Europe’s Watergate scandal was so innocuous, he can barely remember receiving it. Then, in December, Koukakis read a report about how Facebook parent company Meta had detected commercial spyware being used by customers in 10 different countries, including Greece. On July 26, another person revealed he had also received …

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Apple Lockdown Mode Explained: All Your Questions About Spyware Protection On iPhones Answered
2 years, 5 months ago

Apple Lockdown Mode Explained: All Your Questions About Spyware Protection On iPhones Answered

News 18  

iPhone maker Apple is bringing a new “lockdown" mode on iPhone, iPad, and Mac computers. The Lockdown Mode is being launched with an aim to protect Apple users against spyware that could be launched by state- Apple announced the ‘Lockdown Mode’ on Wednesday, where Apple acknowledged that it has not been able to adequately shield iPhone and other Apple products …

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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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Pegasus Spyware: Supreme Court Urged To Take Cognisance Of New York Times Report Alleging Pegasus Purchase By Indian Government
2 years, 10 months ago

Pegasus Spyware: Supreme Court Urged To Take Cognisance Of New York Times Report Alleging Pegasus Purchase By Indian Government

Live Law  

While referring to the recent New York Times report that in July 2017 Modi government purchased Pegasus from an Israeli firm, Advocate ML Sharma has moved the Supreme Court of India seeking probe into the alleged Pegasus purchase. The application has stated that the New York Times published a detailed report on 29th January 2022, declaring that in July 2017 …

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Setback for Mamata as SC stays Bengal govt panel probe into Pegasus snooping row
3 years ago

Setback for Mamata as SC stays Bengal govt panel probe into Pegasus snooping row

India Today  

The Supreme Court on Friday, December 16, ordered a stay on the inquiry into the Pegasus snooping case by the Justice Lokur Commission set up by the West Bengal government. The SC was hearing a petition by an NGO that had earlier challenged the inquiry commission set up by the West Bengal government. The Mamata Banerjee-led Bengal government had set …

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Over 20 Android apps found with dangerous PhoneSpy spyware, you should delete them now
3 years, 1 month ago

Over 20 Android apps found with dangerous PhoneSpy spyware, you should delete them now

India Today  

A new spyware may be targeting your Android phone and trying to steal your personal data, researchers have found. PhoneSpy is a new spyware campaign that has most South Korean users of Android devices in clutches right now, but it will only be a matter of time till it spreads elsewhere. The biggest risk that PhoneSpy could be posing to …

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India’s top court probes spying charges against government
3 years, 1 month 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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BREAKING : Supreme Court Constitutes Independent Expert Committee To Probe Pegasus Snooping Allegations
3 years, 1 month ago

BREAKING : Supreme Court Constitutes Independent Expert Committee To Probe Pegasus Snooping Allegations

Live Law  

The Supreme Court on Wednesday ordered the constitution of an independent expert committee to look into the allegations of widespread and targeted surveillance of politicians, journalists, activist etc using the Pegasus spyware.The functioning of the committee will be overseen by retired Supreme Court judge Justice RV Raveendran. The Supreme Court on Wednesday ordered the constitution of an independent expert committee …

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Supreme Court Constitutes Independent Expert Committee To Probe Pegasus Snooping Allegations
3 years, 1 month ago

Supreme Court Constitutes Independent Expert Committee To Probe Pegasus Snooping Allegations

Live Law  

The Supreme Court on Wednesday ordered the constitution of an independent expert committee to look into the allegations of widespread and targeted surveillance of politicians, journalists, activist etc using the Pegasus spyware.The functioning of the committee will be overseen by retired Supreme Court judge Justice RV Raveendran. The Supreme Court on Wednesday ordered the constitution of an independent expert committee …

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BREAKING : Supreme Court To Pronounce Judgment Tomorrow In Pegasus Spyware Case
3 years, 1 month ago

BREAKING : Supreme Court To Pronounce Judgment Tomorrow In Pegasus Spyware Case

Live Law  

The Supreme Court will pronounce its judgment tomorrow in a batch of petitions seeking court-monitored investigation in the Pegasus spyware case. On September 23, the Chief Justice of India had said that the Court was thinking of setting up a technical committee to look into the allegations of snooping of journalists, activists, politicians etc., using the Pegasus spyware developed by …

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Israeli foreign minister promises closer look at NSO
3 years, 3 months ago

Israeli foreign minister promises closer look at NSO

Associated Press  

JERUSALEM — Israel’s foreign minister on Wednesday played down criticism of the country’s regulation of the cyberespionage firm NSO Group but vowed to step up efforts to ensure the company’s controversial spyware doesn’t fall into the wrong hands. “We’re going to make sure, or try to make sure to the extent of what is doable and what is not, that …

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Govt cites national security, SC issues notice on Pegasus
3 years, 4 months ago

Govt cites national security, SC issues notice on Pegasus

Hindustan Times  

The Union government told the Supreme Court it has nothing to add to its affidavit on the Pegasus snooping matter filed on Monday that neither confirmed nor denied the use of the spyware to hack phones of ministers, politicians, businessmen, activists and journalists, following which the bench, headed by Chief Justice of India NV Ramana, issued a formal notice to …

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SC to hear journalists’ plea for probe into Pegasus next week
3 years, 4 months ago

SC to hear journalists’ plea for probe into Pegasus next week

Hindustan Times  

The Supreme Court will hear next week a petition filed by senior journalists N Ram and Sashi Kumar seeking a judicial inquiry into the alleged surveillance of Indian citizens using Israeli Pegasus spyware and to identify the entities responsible for this. It is creating waves not just in India but abroad as well.” The bench, also comprising justice Surya Kant, …

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Justice Madan B. Lokur to head Commission of Inquiry set up by West Bengal government to probe Pegasus spyware controversy
3 years, 4 months ago

Justice Madan B. Lokur to head Commission of Inquiry set up by West Bengal government to probe Pegasus spyware controversy

The Hindu  

As the Pegasus spyware controversy continues to rage in Parliament and across the country, West Bengal became the first State to set up a Commission of Inquiry to look into the matter. The decision to set up a two-member Commission headed by retired Supreme Court Judge Madan Bhimarao Lokur, and retired Chief Justice of the Calcutta High Court, Justice Jyotirmay …

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Mamata Banerjee forms inquiry panel to look into Pegasus snooping row
3 years, 4 months ago

Mamata Banerjee forms inquiry panel to look into Pegasus snooping row

India TV News  

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday said her government has formed a two-member inquiry commission to look into allegations of snooping on politicians, officials and journalists using Israeli spyware Pegasus. "We thought the Centre would form an inquiry commission or a court-monitored probe would be ordered to look into this phone-hacking incident. The two-member commission will be headed …

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Pegasus spyware issue: West Bengal govt. sets up two-member inquiry commission
3 years, 4 months ago

Pegasus spyware issue: West Bengal govt. sets up two-member inquiry commission

The Hindu  

The West Bengal government on Monday set up an inquiry commission, comprising retired Supreme Court judge Madan B. Lokur and former Chief Justice of the Calcutta High Court Jyotirmoy Bhattacharya, to look into the allegations of snooping on politicians, activists and journalists using the Israeli spyware Pegasus. West Bengal is the first State to set up an inquiry commission in …

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