Pegasus was used in the Azerbaijan-Armenia conflict to target a government worker, a UN official, and others in 2021 and 2022, the first known use in a war
The Armenia spyware victims include a former Human Rights Defender of the Republic of Armenia (the Ombudsperson) …
Citizen Lab and Microsoft detail mercenary spyware from Tel Aviv-based QuaDream used to hack iOS 14-based iPhones of journalists, politicians, and an NGO worker
why didn't Apple warn us? Wall Street Journal : New Spyware Firm Said to Have Helped Hack iPhones Around the Globe Phil Muncaster / Infosecurity : New Zero-Click iOS Exploit Deploy...
Twitter lets Saudi official and MBS aide Bader al-Asaker keep his verified account with 2.1M followers, despite being implicated in a plot to recruit employees
Saudi official Bader al-Asaker accused by US of recruiting employees to secretly report on dissidents' anonymous accounts
Twitter lets Saudi official and MBS aide Bader al-Asaker keep his verified account with 2.1M followers, despite being implicated in a plot to recruit employees
Saudi official Bader al-Asaker accused by US of recruiting employees to secretly report on dissidents' anonymous accounts
Apple announces Lockdown Mode in iOS 16, iPadOS 16, and macOS Ventura to protect against “highly targeted cyberattacks” by disabling features, apps, and more
Apple today announced a new Lockdown Mode coming to the iPhone, iPad, and Mac with iOS 16, iPadOS 16, and macOS Ventura.
A whistleblower working with the DOJ says NSO Group offered staffers from US mobile security firm Mobileum “bags of cash” for access to global cellular networks
An investigation into the rise of NSO's Pegasus shows its widespread use by the CIA, UAE, Mexico, Saudi Arabia, and others; the FBI bought but didn't use it
Firstly, welcome to my new blog! (Or is it a “newsletter”?) Tweets: Eva / @evacide : Here I am, having taken to my fainting couch, wearing my finest clutching pearls, because NSO ...
Meta bans seven surveillance-for-hire groups, including Cytrox, removing over 1,500 Facebook and Instagram accounts and alerting 50K users who were targeted
Cytrox is one of seven surveillance companies now banned from Meta's platforms — While NSO Group was taking flak for hacking …
Meta bans seven surveillance-for-hire groups, including Cytrox, removing over 1,500 Facebook and Instagram accounts and alerting 50K users who were targeted
Cytrox is one of seven surveillance companies now banned from Meta's platforms — While NSO Group was taking flak for hacking …
Two Egyptians living in exile had their iPhones compromised in June 2021 using Predator spyware built by North Macedonian developer Cytrox
Key Findings — Two Egyptians—exiled politician Ayman Nour and the host of a popular news program (who wishes to remain anonymous) …
Sources: the iPhones of at least nine US State Department employees were hacked using NSO's spyware in the past several months
Sources: the iPhones of at least nine US State Department employees were hacked using NSO's spyware in the past several months
US sanctions four companies, including NSO Group, that sell spyware or hacking tools, adding them to a list of entities engaging in “malicious cyber activities”
The US government has sanctioned today four companies that develop and sell spyware and other hacking tools, the US Department of Commerce announced today.
Sources: over 12 news outlets, including AP and Fox Business, formed a consortium to sift leaked Facebook docs from Frances Haugen, reporting stories separately
It's not often that major news organizations coordinate to sift through a large trove of leaked company documents and agree … Tweets: @jamesrbuk , @goldstein222 , @parismartineau ,...
Internal docs show the extent of Facebook's knowledge of extremist Groups on its site but don't offer a complete picture of its decision-making in response
Company documents show that the social network's employees repeatedly raised red flags about the spread of misinformation and conspiracies …
An analysis of publicly available web records shows SolarWinds hackers accessed the networks at Cox Communications and the local government in Pima County, AZ
LONDON (Reuters) - Suspected Russian hackers accessed the systems of a U.S. internet provider and a county government in Arizona …
Microsoft identified 40+ customers targeted in the SolarWinds hack, 80% in the US, says the attack is “ongoing” and calls for a global cybersecurity response
including the highest reaches of the U.S. government — is certain of exactly what the hackers had infiltrated, let alone the full extent of what was taken. https://www.bloomberg.co...
US District Judge says WhatsApp's malware case against NSO Group can move forward, rejecting NSO's claim that it qualified for foreign official immunity
Malathi Nayak / Bloomberg :
US District Judge says WhatsApp's malware case against NSO Group can move forward, rejecting NSO's claim that it qualified for foreign official immunity
Malathi Nayak / Bloomberg :
US District Judge says WhatsApp's malware case against NSO Group can move forward, rejecting NSO's claim that it qualified for foreign official immunity
Malathi Nayak / Bloomberg :