TechSpot

JUNE 27, 2022

A report from Google's Threat Analysis Team describes how Italian company RCS Labs distributes its Hermit spyware on behalf of clients which include national governments. It aligns with Lookout Threat Lab's report from earlier this month.

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SecureWorld News

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

The unsuspecting victims of the illegal spyware sold by tech CEO Patrick Hinchy felt the painful sting of this violation of privacy firsthand, as their every call, text, location, and online activity was being monitored without their knowledge or consent. However, installing and using these apps is against the law and violates numerous U.S.

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SecureWorld News

JULY 8, 2022

Lockdown Mode is designed to protect users who could be targeted by "the most sophisticated digital threats," such as spyware developed by private companies like the highly controversial NSO Group. The company says it will be offering bounties up to a maximum of $2 million, the highest in the industry. Department of State.

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Gizmodo

MARCH 28, 2022

Long accused of helping authoritarian governments to spy on political dissidents and activists, the creepy surveillance company has abruptly shut down amidst an ongoing investigation into its business dealings. FinFisher is no more. Read more.

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The Verge

DECEMBER 21, 2021

New forensic analysis indicates that representatives of the United Arab Emirates government installed Pegasus spyware on the phone of Hanan Elatr, wife of murdered journalist Jamal Khashoggi, just months before her husband was killed. As a spyware company, NSO’s operations have long been shrouded in secrecy.

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TechSpot

DECEMBER 2, 2022

According to recent investigations and the company's own words, TrustCor is working — or has worked — with another entity doing business in the spyware space.

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The Verge

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

The FBI has confirmed to The Washington Post that the agency had a license to use NSO’s Pegasus spyware and that it tested out the software’s capabilities. If Phantom is, as one former NSO employee told Vice , just a brand name for the “same Pegasus,” then the company was telling the public and law enforcement agencies very different stories.

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The Verge

DECEMBER 22, 2020

A group of high profile tech companies including Microsoft, Google, Cisco, and VMWare have filed an amicus brief in support of Facebook’s legal action against NSO Group, Microsoft has announced. Other companies listed on the filing include the Internet Association, and Microsoft subsidiaries GitHub and LinkedIn.

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The Verge

DECEMBER 21, 2020

36 personal phones belonging to Al Jazeera journalists, producers, anchors, and executives were hacked in a spyware campaign between July and August 2020, a new report from Citizen Lab alleges. It has disclosed its findings to Apple, and the company is looking into the issue. Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge.

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Gizmodo

OCTOBER 8, 2021

NSO Group, the notorious Israeli spyware vendor, will no longer allow its clients to hack citizens of the United Kingdom, sources close to the company told The Guardian this week. The changes have been “hard-coded” into NSO’s infamous malware, Pegasus, and will make future targeting of UK-based phone numbers… Read more.

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The Verge

JULY 19, 2021

Amazon Web Services (AWS) has banned NSO Group, the company behind the Pegasus spyware program. The Amnesty International report links it with several other companies, including DigitalOcean and Linode. Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge. AWS wasn’t the only service NSO apparently used.

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Gizmodo

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

A whistleblower alleges that the scandal-ridden spyware firm NSO Group once offered a telecom security company “bags of cash” to buy access to its cellular networks, ostensibly so its clients could track specific mobile users within the United States. Read more.

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Gizmodo

JANUARY 26, 2022

Spyware developed by Israeli surveillance for hire company NSO Group was reportedly used to spy on yet another member of civil society , this time targeting a senior member at rights group Human Rights Watch. That revelation comes despite NSO’s own rules against spying on activists or journalists and comes less than 24… Read more.

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The Verge

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

On Wednesday, the Federal Trade Commission announced it had banned spyware maker SpyFone and its CEO Scott Zuckerman from the surveillance business. The commission called SpyFone a “stalkerware app company” that allegedly harvested and shared data about people’s movements, phone use, and online activity via a hidden device hack.

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Gizmodo

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

Apple has filed a lawsuit against Israeli surveillance-for-hire company NSO Group over its Pegasus spyware that has been used to target Apple devices. Read more.

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Information Week

JULY 8, 2022

Last month in global tech policy: How law-makers are handling Ukraine war; chip shortages; crypto mining's climate impact; spyware companies; USB-C chargers. Plus, what Supreme Court's EPA ruling means to Tech and why Big Tech's attorneys are squabbling.

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Tech Republic Security

MAY 20, 2022

A commercial surveillance company previously exposed for selling a spyware service dubbed "Predator" keeps targeting users and uses 0-day exploits to compromise Android phones. Learn more about how to protect yourself from it.

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CTOvision

MAY 16, 2019

Since WhatsApp was acquired by Facebook in 2014, users of the messaging app have long speculated on how secure the platform would be from its new parent company’s data collection practices.

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Gizmodo

JULY 27, 2021

Famed whistleblower Edward Snowden has a new blog on Substack and, naturally, he has some opinions about the recent NSO Group controversy: namely, that people who bankroll companies like it should see jail time. Read more.

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TechSpot

APRIL 11, 2023

In a new report published this week, security company Kaspersky describes a dark web market offering services to hack targets with Android malware and spyware. Hackers can sneak much of that malicious code onto the Google Play Store, circumventing Google's most stringent protections. Read Entire Article

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SecureWorld News

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

The report, titled " Predator Files: Caught in the Net ," delves into the operations of the "Intellexa alliance," a complex network of interconnected companies that develop and market powerful spyware used to monitor and manipulate individuals worldwide. Cedric Leighton, CNN Military Analyst; USAF (Ret.),

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SecureWorld News

AUGUST 25, 2022

Israeli spyware company NSO Group has experienced quite a bit of controversy in the last few years. Its spyware product, Pegasus, has been used by various criminals and nation states to target individuals of interest, such as activists, politicians, and business leaders. That feels like a major shift for the company, right?

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SecureWorld News

OCTOBER 5, 2023

The company's advisory urged users to update their devices to iOS 17.0.3 Many of these devices, especially iPhones, are used by high-profile individuals like politicians and journalists, enticing state-backed attackers and spyware vendors. and iPadOS 17.0.3, ensuring they are protected against potential attacks.

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TechSpot

AUGUST 25, 2022

John Ozbay, head of privacy tech company Cryptee, told Vice he thinks Apple's upcoming Lockdown Mode will be highly susceptible to device fingerprinting. This core design flaw could paint a target on users who engage the mode to avoid tracking methods like spyware.

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Gizmodo

DECEMBER 13, 2021

The clock may be running out for notorious Israeli surveillance for hire company NSO Group. Sources told Bloomberg that the company’s cumbersome mixture of unpaid debts and growing international scrutiny have made NSO a bloated pariah and is forcing its leadership to consider shutting down its Pegasus spyware unit.

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SecureWorld News

JULY 10, 2023

The Google Play Store, a widely-trusted source for Android applications, has recently become a battleground for a concerning wave of spyware with ties to China. Pradeo, the mobile security company that discovered these malicious apps, has released a report discussing the spyware lurking on the Google Play Store. million users.

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TechSpot

NOVEMBER 26, 2021

The suit was filed against the NSO Group and parent company Q Cyber Technologies, neither of which are strangers to making security headlines.

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Gizmodo

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

intelligence operatives were facing federal charges in connection with their work for BlackMatter, a foreign cybersecurity company based in the United Arab Emirates. Earlier this week, the Department of Justice revealed that three former U.S. Read more.

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Venture Beast

JULY 13, 2021

Microsoft is acquiring RiskIQ, which provides cybersecurity services, including malware and spyware monitoring and mobile app security. Read More.

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Gizmodo

JANUARY 13, 2022

Notorious Israeli surveillance company’s NSO Group’s Pegasus software appears to have been used once again in an authoritarian spying campaign despite recent reports the company itself is hemorrhaging cash over rising debt and growing international scrutiny. This time, Pegasus was reportedly used to infect the devices… Read more.

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Computerworld Vertical IT

APRIL 21, 2023

With that in mind, it’s no surprise that the Apple ecosystem is fighting back in a big way against the mercenary spyware companies that have made headlines recently. Newton’s Third Law of motion argues that for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction.

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Gizmodo

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

NSO Group, an Israeli surveillance company whose spyware has been peddled to authoritarian governments around the world, has been sanctioned by the U.S. Commerce Department. The new restrictions, which the agency announced in a press release Wednesday, will limit the degree to which American firms can provide parts or… Read more.

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Computerworld Vertical IT

JULY 19, 2021

Amnesty International has revealed that NSO Group, an Israeli ‘surveillance as a service’ company, has created and sold a nasty iMessage attack that can be used to spy on journalists, activists, and political representatives using their iPhones. A zero-click hack attack.

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Computerworld Vertical IT

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

The company is smaller than NSO Group, but also sells smartphone hacking tools to governments. Both companies used the same highly sophisticated "zero-click" ForcedEntry attack, which enabled them to remotely break into iPhones without an owner needing to click a malicious link. QuaDream also used the hack, Reuters claims.

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SecureWorld News

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

Apple is suing NSO Group, the company most known for its ability to hack iPhones using previously un-discovered Zero-Day vulnerabilities. The steps we’re taking today will send a clear message: In a free society, it is unacceptable to weaponize powerful state-sponsored spyware against those who seek to make the world a better place.".

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SecureWorld News

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

It is unclear if the Zero-Day was exploited in attacks linked to mercenary spyware vendors. It is worth noting that in many cases, Zero-Day vulnerabilities affecting Apple products are exploited by state-sponsored threat actors, typically working with spyware vendors.

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SecureWorld News

DECEMBER 23, 2020

Pegasus spyware is a phone surveillance solution that enables customers to remotely exploit and monitor devices. The company sells its surveillance technology to governments around the world. The spyware also accessed the LocationSupport.framework and CoreLocation.framework, which can be used to track the user’s location.

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