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"It is a weapon": Ronan Farrow discusses the spyware in our pockets in "Surveilled"
1 month, 2 weeks ago

"It is a weapon": Ronan Farrow discusses the spyware in our pockets in "Surveilled"

Salon  

The cogent documentary, “Surveilled,” now available on HBO, tracks journalist Ronan Farrow as he investigates the proliferation and implementation of spyware, specifically, Pegasus, which was created by the Israeli company NSO Group. Directors Matthew O’Neill and Perri Peltz follow Farrow as he meets with individuals including a former NSO employee, who spoke on condition of anonymity; Ron Deibert, of Toronto’s …

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ICE's $2 Million Contract With a Spyware Vendor Is Under White House Review
55 years ago

ICE's $2 Million Contract With a Spyware Vendor Is Under White House Review

Wired  

A $2 million contract that United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement signed with Israeli commercial spyware vendor Paragon Solutions has been paused and placed under compliance review, WIRED has learned. The White House’s scrutiny of the contract marks the first test of the Biden administration’s executive order restricting the government’s use of spyware. A few days later, on October 8, …

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Fake Telegram and Signal apps on Google Play, Samsung Galaxy store used to deliver spyware: Report
1 year, 4 months ago

Fake Telegram and Signal apps on Google Play, Samsung Galaxy store used to deliver spyware: Report

The Hindu  

Malicious iterations of popular instant messaging platforms, Telegram and Signal, were found to have been uploaded to Google Play and Samsung Galaxy Store by a Chinese APT group, known as GREF. The malicious apps contained the BadBazaar spyware, which is capable of tracking a device’s precise location, stealing call logs, SMS, and contact lists, recording phone calls, accessing the camera, …

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'Shahenshah, Shah' Buying Cognyte Spyware For Rs 986 Crore To Replace Pegasus: Congress
1 year, 9 months ago

'Shahenshah, Shah' Buying Cognyte Spyware For Rs 986 Crore To Replace Pegasus: Congress

ABP News  

The Congress on Monday accused the Narendra Modi government of buying new a spyware, 'Cognyte', for snooping. As much as Rs 986 crore will be spent on it, senior Congress leader Pawan Khera said. The latest attack by the Grand Old Party came amid reports claiming that an Indian defence agency has been purchasing equipment from an Israeli spyware firm …

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Google spots spyware campaigns targeting Android, iOS, and Chrome
1 year, 9 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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Biden signs executive order restricting use of commercial spyware
1 year, 9 months ago

Biden signs executive order restricting use of commercial spyware

Al Jazeera  

The decision comes as governments around the world face accusations of using spyware to target dissidents. United States President Joe Biden has signed an executive order restricting the government’s use of commercial spyware technology that has been utilised to target political dissent around the globe. “Democratic governments also have confronted revelations that actors within their systems have used commercial spyware …

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US Supreme Court allows Meta, WhatsApp to sue NSO for installing Pegasus spyware on devices
2 years ago

US Supreme Court allows Meta, WhatsApp to sue NSO for installing Pegasus spyware on devices

Firstpost  

The Supreme Court of the United States has decided to allow Meta and WhatsApp to pursue a lawsuit against Israel’s NSO Group for exploiting a bug in WhatsApp and installing spyware on the devices of over 1400 people across the world. NSO’s seeking immunity Ever since Meta announced that they will be going after NSO to the extent that the …

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WhatsApp’s Pegasus spyware lawsuit can go ahead: US top court
2 years ago

WhatsApp’s Pegasus spyware lawsuit can go ahead: US top court

Al Jazeera  

Israeli firm NSO Group’s spyware has been linked to state surveillance of human rights activists and dissidents. The United States Supreme Court has allowed the WhatsApp messaging platform to pursue a lawsuit against Israel’s NSO Group, which makes the Pegasus spyware linked to state surveillance of journalists, human rights advocates and dissidents around the world. “NSO’s spyware has enabled cyberattacks …

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Khashoggi widow calls on US intelligence chief to help recover murdered journalist’s ‘bugged’ cellphone
2 years, 3 months ago

Khashoggi widow calls on US intelligence chief to help recover murdered journalist’s ‘bugged’ cellphone

The Independent  

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The widow of murdered …

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Top US court seeks Biden input on lawsuit against Israel’s NSO
2 years, 7 months ago

Top US court seeks Biden input on lawsuit against Israel’s NSO

Al Jazeera  

Supreme Court asks Justice Department to say whether spyware firm is immune from WhatsApp lawsuit over alleged hacking. Last November, a US Court of Appeals dismissed NSO Group’s push to assert legal immunity, but on Monday the top US court asked the US Department of Justice to “file a brief in this case expressing the views of the United States”. …

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Opposition to target government on Pegasus, COVID and jobs
2 years, 11 months ago

Opposition to target government on Pegasus, COVID and jobs

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: The Opposition parties plan to corner the government on a variety of issues in the Budget Session of Parliament which starts on Monday. The latest Pegasus spyware revelations have come as a shot in the arm for the Congress with a New York Times report claiming the spyware was sold to India as part of an India-Israel deal. …

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Pegasus, missile system 'centerpieces' of $2 billion deal between India and Israel in 2017: Report
2 years, 11 months ago

Pegasus, missile system 'centerpieces' of $2 billion deal between India and Israel in 2017: Report

India Today  

The Israeli spyware Pegasus and a missile system were the “centrepieces” of a roughly $2 billion deal of sophisticated weapons and intelligence gear between India and Israel in 2017, according to a report in The New York Times. The NYT, in a report titled ‘The Battle for the World’s Most Powerful Cyberweapon’, said the Israeli firm NSO Group had for …

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UAE agency placed spyware on Khashoggi fiancee’s phone: Report
3 years ago

UAE agency placed spyware on Khashoggi fiancee’s phone: Report

Al Jazeera  

An Emirati government agency placed spyware developed by Israeli firm NSO Group on the phone of someone in Jamal Khashoggi’s inner circle, just months before the Saudi journalist was killed, The Washington Post has reported. The Post’s findings are the latest example of NSO Group’s Pegasus spyware being used by governments around the world to hack the phones of prominent …

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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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Apple sues Israeli firm NSO Group over spyware
3 years, 1 month ago

Apple sues Israeli firm NSO Group over spyware

Al Jazeera  

Apple lawsuit accuses NSO Group of using its Pegasus spyware to hack devices and enable human rights abuses. Apple Inc has filed a lawsuit in the United States against Israeli firm NSO Group, accusing the company of using its Pegasus spyware to hack the devices of Apple users. In a legal complaint filed in US federal court on Tuesday, Apple …

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Palestinian rights activists defiant over Israeli spyware hacks
3 years, 1 month ago

Palestinian rights activists defiant over Israeli spyware hacks

Al Jazeera  

Ramallah, occupied West Bank – Palestinian civil society employees and political activists say they are determined to continue their work despite the criminalisation of their organisations by Israel and the hacking of their phones with Pegasus spyware developed by Israeli company NSO Group. “I don’t sleep at night because every time I hear noises outside I think it’s Israeli soldiers.” …

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Apple fixes flaw exploited by Israeli firm’s Pegasus spyware
3 years, 3 months ago

Apple fixes flaw exploited by Israeli firm’s Pegasus spyware

Al Jazeera  

The flaw, disclosed Monday by Citizen Lab, allowed a hacker using NSO’s malware Pegasus to gain access to a device owned by a Saudi activist, according to security researchers. Apple Inc. said it patched a security flaw in the Messages app after security researchers determined that Israel-based NSO Group used it to “exploit and infect” the latest devices with spyware. …

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UN experts call for more rules on countries’ use of spyware
3 years, 4 months ago

UN experts call for more rules on countries’ use of spyware

The Hindu  

Human rights experts working with the United Nations on Thursday called on countries to pause the sale and transfer of spyware and other surveillance technology until they set rules governing its use, to ensure it won’t impinge upon human rights. The experts, speaking out in the wake of new Pegasus spyware revelations, expressed concern that “highly sophisticated intrusive tools are …

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NSO blocks several govt clients amid snooping row, says report
3 years, 5 months ago

NSO blocks several govt clients amid snooping row, says report

Hindustan Times  

Israeli cyber-security firm NSO Group, at the centre of a global controversy over misuse of its Pegasus spyware to hack phones of journalists and politicians, has temporarily blocked several government clients from using its technology, according to a media report. The move came a day after Israeli authorities conducted an inspection of NSO Group’s office followings reports by an international …

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Rights group calls for moratorium on the use of spyware in Mexico
3 years, 5 months ago

Rights group calls for moratorium on the use of spyware in Mexico

Al Jazeera  

Amnesty International says its analysis found that ‘mass and selective surveillance’ has been taking place in Mexico. “We are calling on governments to suspend the purchase and use of instruments of surveillance until adequate regulations that respect human rights are put in place,” Edith Olivares Ferreto, executive director of Amnesty International Mexico, said during a virtual news conference on Thursday. …

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‘We are not going anywhere until Pegasus issue is discussed in Parliament’, says Rahul Gandhi
3 years, 5 months ago

‘We are not going anywhere until Pegasus issue is discussed in Parliament’, says Rahul Gandhi

The Hindu  

Asserting that the allegations of snooping using Pegasus spyware were not about privacy but an “anti-national act and treason,” former Congress chief Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday said “a united Opposition is not going anywhere ” until the government agreed to discuss the issue in Parliament. Pegasus issue: Opposition leaders discuss strategy to corner govt in Parliament The Opposition’s aggressive stance …

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Pakistan voices ‘serious concern’ over reports about India’s alleged use of Pegasus spyware
3 years, 5 months ago

Pakistan voices ‘serious concern’ over reports about India’s alleged use of Pegasus spyware

The Hindu  

Pakistan on July 23 voiced ‘serious concern’ over media reports about India allegedly eavesdropping on foreigners, including Prime Minister Imran Khan, using Israeli spyware Pegasus and urged the United Nations to thoroughly investigate the matter. “We have noted with serious concern recent international media reports exposing Indian government’s organised spying operations against its own citizens, foreigners as well as Prime …

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Mamata urges Supreme Court to take suo motu cognisance of Pegasus spyware row
3 years, 5 months ago

Mamata urges Supreme Court to take suo motu cognisance of Pegasus spyware row

The Hindu  

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday urged the Supreme Court to take suo motu cognisance of the Pegasus spyware row, and asked all Opposition parties to form a united front against the BJP without any delay. Why can’t the court take suo motu cognisance when judges’ phones are tapped?. Either take suo motu cognisance or set up an …

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Edward Snowden urges governments to ban trade of spyware like Pegasus
3 years, 5 months ago

Edward Snowden urges governments to ban trade of spyware like Pegasus

India Today  

Edward Snowden, the renowned whistleblower, has warned against the trade of Pegasus and similar spyware and urged the governments to put a ban on it. If the trade between companies that make for-profit software -- which can become a surveillance weapon in the wrong hands, such as Israel’s NSO Group -- and the governments continues, we will soon see a …

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