SecureWorld News

AUGUST 16, 2023

We normalize the use of surveilling and tracking young people through "parentware" or spyware (software which allows someone to see what someone else is doing on their device) and apps which enable the tracking of someone's location. Google and Apple have these built-in if you have an Android or iPhone. Use good passwords.

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The Verge

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

Now Apple has followed WhatsApp and its parent company Meta (formerly known as Facebook) in suing Pegasus spyware maker NSO Group. Apple: NSO agreed to the iCloud Terms of Service. The lawsuit is a “stake in the ground” for Apple. Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge.

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SecureWorld News

APRIL 12, 2022

Software designed by the controversial surveillance firm NSO Group was used to target multiple senior officials of the European Commission in 2021, according to a new report from Reuters. Who was targeted with NSO software in the EU? NSO denies involvement in EU hacking. QuaDream is also headquartered in Israel.

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The Verge

DECEMBER 3, 2021

At least nine employees of the US State Department working in or with Uganda had their iPhones hacked with spyware made by NSO Group, according to a report from Reuters. While it’s unclear who carried out the attacks, NSO Group says it only sells its software to government organizations that have gotten approval from the Israeli government.

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SecureWorld News

MARCH 29, 2023

United States President Joe Biden has signed an Executive Order banning commercial spyware from government agencies. The order comes in response to growing concerns about the use of such software to conduct surveillance and espionage operations.

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SecureWorld News

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Software that billions rely on to access critical information and services online is being subjected to an onslaught of sophisticated cyber espionage attempts. Apple, Mozilla, and Microsoft have likewise addressed multiple critical browser vulnerabilities and active Zero-Days impacting Safari, Firefox, and Edge respectively this year.

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The Verge

JULY 23, 2021

Throughout the past week, we’ve seen story after story about a company called NSO Group, and a piece of spyware called Pegasus. Amnesty International ran detailed forensics on 67 smartphones to look for evidence that they were targeted by Pegasus spyware — and 37 of those phones tested positive. Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge.

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ForAllSecure

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

They discuss how software and IoT companies can avoid becoming the next Black Mirror episode and share resources that can help survivors (and those who want to help them) deal with the technology issues that can be associated with technologically facilitated abuse. I am a coordinator, the Coalition Against Spyware.

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ForAllSecure

AUGUST 14, 2019

NSO Group says its Pegasus software can now obtain access to private messages held in major cloud services. The cloud may help development and application teams move fast, but for security teams already dealing with alert fatigue, tool sprawl and legacy workflows, cloud adoption means a lot more stress. Transcript.

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ForAllSecure

AUGUST 14, 2019

NSO Group says its Pegasus software can now obtain access to private messages held in major cloud services. The cloud may help development and application teams move fast, but for security teams already dealing with alert fatigue, tool sprawl and legacy workflows, cloud adoption means a lot more stress. Transcript.

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ForAllSecure

AUGUST 14, 2019

NSO Group says its Pegasus software can now obtain access to private messages held in major cloud services. The cloud may help development and application teams move fast, but for security teams already dealing with alert fatigue, tool sprawl and legacy workflows, cloud adoption means a lot more stress. Transcript.

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Vox

DECEMBER 8, 2021

Some say Apple’s App Store is a monopoly. Apple says it’s just giving customers what they want. Over the next few weeks, we’ll cover what’s happening with Apple, Amazon, Facebook, Google, and Microsoft. Apple is facing growing scrutiny for the tight control it has over so much of the mobile-first, app-centric world it created.

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The Verge

DECEMBER 16, 2021

These companies are part of a sprawling industry that provides intrusive software tools and surveillance services indiscriminately to any customer — regardless of who they target or the human rights abuses they might enable,” wrote Meta’s director of threat disruption, David Agranovich, and head of cyber espionage investigations, Mike Dvilyanski.

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Vox

DECEMBER 4, 2021

A hack targeting US officials is just the latest problem for NSO Group, the Israeli company behind Pegasus spyware. According to the New York Times , the targets were easily identifiable as State Department employees — they had used their professional email addresses to create their Apple IDs. Amir Levy/Getty Images.

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The Verge

JULY 21, 2020

Today let’s check in on how the Federal Trade Commission’s antitrust case is developing. The first thing to say is that the case is developing slower than expected. But it’s also taking the FTC longer than expected to develop a theory of the case about Facebook, Margaret Harding McGill and Ashley Gold report at Axios.

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