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Mozilla and Microsoft distrust TrustCor certificates due to suspicions over covert spyware operation

TechSpot

Mozilla, Microsoft, and likely other browser makers have started to take action against TrustCor, a Certificate Authority (CA) issuing root certificates for billions of internet-connected devices.

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Microsoft and Google join Facebook’s legal fight against infamous spyware vendor

The Verge

Facebook-owned WhatsApp sued the spyware vendor last year, alleging that its software was used to hack 1,400 devices via a vulnerability in the messaging service. Other companies listed on the filing include the Internet Association, and Microsoft subsidiaries GitHub and LinkedIn.

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Amazon Web Services bans accounts linked with Pegasus spyware

The Verge

Amazon Web Services (AWS) has banned NSO Group, the company behind the Pegasus spyware program. Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge. Vice reported the ban this morning, the day after a sweeping report alleged Pegasus was used to target the phones of human rights activists and journalists.

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Use This Tool to Check If Your Phone's Been Hacked by the NSO Group's Spyware

Gizmodo

If you’ve been watching the news this week you may have heard something about the NSO Group, an Israeli spyware firm that currently stands accused of helping bad actors to hack journalists, politicians, and human rights activists throughout the world. Read more.

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Amazon Cuts Off Service to NSO Spyware Firm Behind iPhone Hacks

Gizmodo

Amazon has cut off web hosting services for the NSO Group, an Israeli spyware firm that has been widely accused of aiding in the surveillance of journalists and political dissidents. Read more.

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NSO Group's Spyware Breached a Journalist's iPhone After Apple Sued

Gizmodo

NSO Group, the creepy spyware firm known for selling its services to authoritarian governments throughout the world, is in trouble again. A new report shows that the company’s most notorious malware, Pegasus, was used to hack the iPhone of a Jordanian journalist in December. The hack occurred several weeks after… Read more.

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Europe's Data Watchdog Calls for Total Ban of Pegasus Spyware

Gizmodo

authorities are calling for it to be sanctioned , but EU officials have a different idea for how to handle Pegasus spyware: just ban that s**t entirely. Israeli authorities say it should be probed and U.S. Read more.

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