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• The FBI might have considered using NSO Group’s spyware Pegasus in criminal investigations as recently as last year, reported the New York Times. According to internal bureau documents and court records, agency officials were in the “advanced” stages of developing plans to brief FBI leadership on the software between late 2020 and early 2021. via Engadget What happened: In 2021, the US placed Pegasus creator NSO Group on the Commerce Department’s entity lis...Devamını Oku

14 Kas 2022

• Greece is planning to ban the sale of spyware following a newspaper report that said more than 30 people, including ministers, had been under state surveillance via a phone malware called Predator. Spokesperson Giannis Oikonomou denied that the state was behind the spyware surveillance, calling the report "unfounded" and the government said will soon submit a bill to parliament banning the sale of spyware. via Reuters

08 Kas 2022

• Pegasus spyware maker NSO Group is taking drastic steps to survive a global scandal after it was blacklisted in the US on accusations its phone-hacking tool was used by foreign governments to spy on dissidents. The Israeli company cut 15% of its workforce and raised prices by about 20% to stop a loss of cash that was expected to run into the tens of millions of dollars this year. via Bloomberg

07 Kas 2022

• Israeli spyware firm NSO Group said their Chief Executive Shalev Hulio is stepping down, with the Chief Operating Officer Yaron Shohat appointed to oversee the company's re-organization process until the board appoints a new CEO. Around 100 more employees are expected to be let go as part of the reorganization process. Background: NSO group’s Pegasus spyware software has been dealing with legal action after allegations that its tools were misused by governments and...Devamını Oku

23 Ağu 2022

• Thailand's Minister of Digital Economy and Society said the country uses surveillance software to track individuals in "limited" cases involving national security or drugs, over revelations that phones of some government critics were hacked through Pegasus spyware. Minister Chaiwut did not name Pegasus but said he was aware of spyware used to track mobile phones, without specifying which government agency.

21 Tem 2022

• Spanish intelligence chief Paz Esteban was dismissed as the government tries to contain the fallout from a recent cyber-espionage scandal where Catalan independence figures were spied on with judicial approval using Pegasus spyware. It has also emerged that the mobile phones of PM Pedro Sánchez and two other ministers were subjected to “illicit” and “external” targeting using Pegasus last year.

11 May 2022

• Computer systems in the British presidential residence, as well as the Foreign Ministry, may have been infected with the infamous Israel-made Pegasus spyware, Canadian investigative group The Citizen Lab reported. Downing Street Why does it matter? Pegasus spyware allows governments to control others' phones, collect data and carry out surveillance. Citizen Lab warned Downing Street of the software's presence in 2020 and 2021, the group said.

20 Nis 2022

• Apple has filed a lawsuit against Israeli cyber intelligence firm NSO Group and its parent company for alleged surveillance and for targeting Apple users in the US with its Pegasus spyware. The tech giant said it is also seeking to ban NSO Group from using any Apple software, services, or devices to prevent further abuse. The backstory: A massive data leak revealed Israeli NSO Group’s Pegasus spyware was used to target activists, journalists, and political leaders ...Devamını Oku

25 Kas 2021

• Isaac Benbenisti , who joined NSO Group in August to replace the current CEO Shalev Hulio, quit the company after the business was blacklisted by the US Commerce Department over its Pegasus spyware. Some background: The US Department of Commerce added NSO last week to its trade blacklist, on the basis that it sold spyware to foreign governments that target government officials, journalists and others. Israel’s Defence Ministry launched an investigation on the compan...Devamını Oku

12 Kas 2021