Posts Tagged ‘spyware’

Update Your Apple iPhone and iPad Immediately to Avoid ‘Zero-Click’ Spyware Attack

Apple has urgently rolled out software updates to counter a newly discovered “zero-click” vulnerability that allows spyware to infiltrate its devices. Owners of iPhones, iPads, and Macs, and even Apple Watches should immediately update their device by following the instructions at the bottom of this article. Source

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Israeli spyware used to hack across 10 countries, Microsoft and watchdog say

The entrance to an office listed as belonging to Quadream is seen in a high rise building in Ramat Gan, Israel, January 25, 2022. REUTERS/Nir Elias April 11 (Reuters) – An Israeli firm’s hacking tools have been used against journalists, opposition figures and advocacy organizations across at least 10 countries – including people in North […]

The EU Wants To Make It Legal To Install Spyware on Journalists’ Devices

In a contentious turn, EU leaders have unveiled draft legislation permitting national security agencies to deploy spyware on journalists’ phones in certain circumstances. The move has obviously triggered an outcry from media and civil society organizations, who argue that the draft European Media Freedom Act could be a perilous weapon against the press. Source

SCOTUS rejects Israeli spyware company’s request for immunity in WhatsApp lawsuit

The U.S. Supreme Court determined that WhatsApp could proceed with its lawsuit against the Israeli spyware company NSO Group Technologies over its Pegasus hacking technology. Source

Greece to ban spyware as wiretap scandal continues

Lawmakers in Greece are set to approve plans to outlaw commercial spyware following weeks of allegations that senior government officials may have been targeted. The revelations have hurt public support for the country’s center-right government as it faces elections in 2023. Under the draft legislation to be voted on later Thursday, the use, sale or […]

Massachusetts Health Dept. Sued for Covertly Installing Spyware on Android Phones to Fight Covid

A new lawsuit filed by New Civil Liberties Alliance, a non-profit founded to “protect constitutional freedoms from violations by the Administrative State,” alleges that the Massachusetts Public Health Department secretly installed MassNotify, a spyware app, on residents’ Android devices as a measure to ‘fight Covid.’ Source

Jamal Khashoggi’s wife to sue Israel’s blacklisted Pegasus spyware

The wife of journalist, Jamal Khashoggi who was assassinated by Saudi intelligence, is planning to sue the notorious Israeli spyware developed by the NSO Group. Hanan Elatr, 52, also intends to sue Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) for their alleged involvement in installing the Israeli company’s Pegasus software on her mobile phone, […]

Jamal Khashoggi’s wife to sue Israel’s blacklisted Pegasus spyware

The wife of journalist, Jamal Khashoggi who was assassinated by Saudi intelligence, is planning to sue the notorious Israeli spyware developed by the NSO Group. Hanan Elatr, 52, also intends to sue Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) for their alleged involvement in installing the Israeli company’s Pegasus software on her mobile phone, […]

Jamal Khashoggi’s wife to sue Israel’s blacklisted Pegasus spyware

The wife of journalist, Jamal Khashoggi who was assassinated by Saudi intelligence, is planning to sue the notorious Israeli spyware developed by the NSO Group. Hanan Elatr, 52, also intends to sue Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) for their alleged involvement in installing the Israeli company’s Pegasus software on her mobile phone, […]

Jamal Khashoggi’s wife to sue Israel’s blacklisted Pegasus spyware

The wife of journalist, Jamal Khashoggi who was assassinated by Saudi intelligence, is planning to sue the notorious Israeli spyware developed by the NSO Group. Hanan Elatr, 52, also intends to sue Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) for their alleged involvement in installing the Israeli company’s Pegasus software on her mobile phone, […]

European Spyware Investigators Slam “Israeli” Regime Over Sale of Pegasus

 September 23, 202 By Staff, Agencies European Parliament, which is investigating the use of “Israeli” spyware by EU governments, has slammed the Tel Aviv regime for a lack of transparency in allowing the sale of Pegasus to European governments to use it against critics. The European lawmakers condemned the approach of the Polish government for […]

Another Greek parliamentarian falls victim to spyware Predator

Another Greek parliamentarian has claimed to have fallen victim to the spy programme Predator according to media reports. Per Euroactiv, Christos Spirtzis, a leftist opposition lawmaker told the prosecutor on Friday (9 September) that his phone was also compromised. Spirtzis, a former minister and lawmaker for the main opposition leftist Syriza party, was informed that his phone had […]

Head of Greece intelligence resigns following spyware scandal

The Greek Prime Minister's office announced on Friday the resignation of the head of Greece's intelligence service, Panagiotis Kontoleon, amid an alleged spyware scandal against a politician and journalist using the illegal surveillance malware, Predator. The Greek government's statement noted: "The national intelligence head submitted his resignation, which was accepted by the Greek Prime Minister […]

European Lawmaker Targeted With Israeli-made Predator Spyware

In wake of the Project Pegasus investigation, the European Parliament began checking lawmakers’ devices – the head of the Greek socialist party’s phone had signs of an attempted infection. The phone of a member of the European Parliament was found to have received a malicious link that could have infected their phone with the spyware… […]

‘Canada Has Morphed Into Cuba’: RCMP Admits They Install Spyware on Citizens’ Devices

In a stunning admission, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) have confessed they have installed spyware on Canadians’ devices to obtain audio and visual recordings of citizens without their knowledge. According to Politico, the RCMP […] The post ‘Canada Has Morphed Into Cuba’: RCMP Admits They Install Spyware on Citizens’ Devices appeared first on News […]

NETHERLANDS, SNOWPIERCER, BLAIR, SCOTLAND, PEGASUS SPYWARE, DENMARK, CANADA, AUTISTIC, TRUSS

[embedded content]… Netherlands ‘In 2032, 18 years after an attempt to stop global warming via stratospheric aerosol injection catastrophically backfires and creates a new ice age, the remnants of humanity have taken to a self-sustaining circumnavigational train, the Snowpiercer, run by reclusive transportation magnate Wilford. ‘The passengers on the train are segregated, with the elite […]

A UAE Agency Put Pegasus Spyware on Phone of Jamal Khashoggi’s Wife Months before His Murder: Washington Post

December 21, 2021 Emirates flight attendant Hanan Elatr surrendered her two Android cellphones, laptop and passwords when security agents surrounded her at the Dubai airport. They drove her, blindfolded and in handcuffs, to an interrogation cell on the edge of the city, she said. There, she was questioned all night and into the morning about […]

Polish opposition duo hacked with NSO spyware, digital researchers say

The aggressive cellphone break-ins of a high-profile lawyer representing top Polish opposition figures came in the final weeks of pivotal 2019 parliamentary elections. Two years later, a prosecutor challenging attempts by the populist right-wing government to purge the judiciary had her smartphone hacked. In both instances, the invader was military-grade spyware from NSO Group, the […]

Apple sues Israeli firm NSO Group to stop spyware use on iPhones

Tech giant Apple announced on Tuesday that they would sue NSO Group, an Israeli firm known for its spyware that can hack into phones. Apple is seeking to ban NSO Group “from using any Apple software, services, or devices.” “State-sponsored actors like the NSO Group spend millions of dollars on sophisticated surveillance technologies without effective […]

Palestinians Attacked, Spyware NSO, Sebastia Invaded, Palestinians Arrested, Store Destroyed, Palestinians Injured, Al-Aqsa Mosque

November 12, 2021 By KhamakarPress News – Israeli settlers brutally attack, beat Palestinians in Hebron, shoot sharp bullets Extremist Israeli settlers attacked and fired live ammunition at Palestinians Wednesday evening in the village of Khallet al-Dabe’h, in the Masafer Yatta community, south of Hebron, injuring at least five.According to the Israeli human rights group B’Tselem, a group […]

Palestinian human rights activists target of Israeli spyware hack

Six Palestinian human rights activists were targeted by spyware from the Israeli surveillance company NSO Group, a new report revealed on Monday, in the first reported instance of Palestinian activists being targeted by the surveillance company.  In a report from Frontline Defenders (FLD), the group revealed that six activists, who are members of the six […]

Blacklisting the Merchants of Spyware

In a modest effort to disrupt the global spyware market, the United States announced last week that four entities had been added to its blacklist.  On November 3, the US Department of Commerce revealed that it would be adding Israel-based companies NSO Group and Candiru to its entity list “based on evidence that these entities […]

Israeli spyware giant NSO group added to US trade blacklist along with three others

NSO and fellow Israeli spyware firm Candiru have been added to the US’ “entity list,” a trade blacklist that restricts the shipment of US tech to listed companies.  The Department of Commerce declared on Wednesday that the designation of both firms was “based on evidence that these entities developed and supplied spyware to foreign governments […]

Dubai ruler hacked ex-wife using NSO Pegasus spyware, high court judge finds

The ruler of Dubai hacked the phone of his ex-wife Princess Haya using NSO Group’s controversial Pegasus spyware in an unlawful abuse of power and trust, a senior high court judge has ruled. The president of the family division found that agents acting on behalf of Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum, who is also prime […]

Five French Ministers Targeted by Israeli Spyware

Five French Ministers Targeted by Israeli Spyware – Tehran%20Times TEHRAN – A recent investigation by the French government has revealed that the cell phones of five French ministers and a member of President Emmanuel Macron’s diplomatic team contained traces of Pegasus’s spyware. French media reported that at least five ministers’ smartphones -currently in government, were […]

BDS is getting traction– says Israeli spyware-master

Last week, an investigative consortium that included newspapers and Amnesty International broke the story that the cell phones of human rights workers, journalists, and dissidents had been hacked by authoritarian governments and other bad actors using commercial spyware. Initial coverage downplayed the fact that the maker of the software, NSO Group, is based in Israel. […]

Meet Toka, the Most Dangerous Israeli Spyware Firm You’ve Never Heard Of

By Whitney Webb Source The mainstream media’s myopic focus on Israel’s Pegasus spyware and the threats it poses means that other companies, like Toka, go uninvestigated,  even when their products present an even greater potential for abuse and illegal surveillance. LONDON – This past Sunday, an investigation into the global abuse of spyware developed by veterans of Israeli […]

Pegasus Spyware: Need For Thorough Investigation

To Shri A K Bhalla Union Home Secretary Dear Shri Bhalla, Kindly refer to my letters dated 31-3-2019, 31-10-2019 & 19-7-2021 addressed to you (copies forwarded here) on the possible use/misuse of Pegasus in India. I wish to draw your attention to a press conference held by the Chattisgarh Chief Minister, as indicated in a […]

Israeli Spyware Found on Phones of Thousands of Activists, Journalists & Politicians

(ZH) As Ed Snowden warned in a tweet when the story broke this weekend, “this leak is going to be the story of the year.” Southfront reports that an Israeli company’s spyware was used in attempted and successful hacks of 37 smartphones belonging to journalists, government officials and human rights activists around the world, according to an investigation by […]

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