nso group
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WhatsApp Head Says New Pegasus Spyware Investigation Coincides With Its Findings From 2019 Attack
WhatsApp chief Will Cathcart has said that findings from the new investigation into NSO Group’s Pegasus spyware coincide with what the app learned about an attack on its users in 2019. Cathcart also questioned NSO’s claim that a list of thousands of phone numbers central to the investigation is an exaggeration, pointing out that the…
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Use This Tool to Check If Your Phone’s Been Hacked by the NSO Group’s Spyware
If you’ve been watching the news this week you may have heard something about the NSO Group, an Israeli spyware firm that’s been accused of helping bad actors hack journalists, politicians, and human rights activists throughout the world.
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Dozens of Al Jazeera Journalists Were Hacked Via Zero-Click iPhone Exploit
It appears that 36 Al Jazeera journalists reportedly had their personal iPhones hacked using spyware created by NSO Group, a sketchy Israeli security firm. The terrifying thing is the zero-day, zero-click exploit, which abuses a vulnerability in iMessage, went undetected for about a year — and likely originated from Saudi Arabia and the United Arab…
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Indian Government Asserts Widespread Digital Surveillance Powers After WhatsApp Hack
The Indian government has asserted sweeping powers to “intercept, monitor, or decrypt” any information that is “generated, transmitted, received, or stored” on any computer network in the country, per TechCrunch, and for purposes as vague as national security or safeguarding “public order.”