Security News

UK activists targeted with Pegasus spyware ask police to charge NSO Group
2024-09-19 12:16

4 file complaint with London's Met, alleging malware maker helped autocratic states violate their privacy Four UK-based proponents of human rights and critics of Middle Eastern states today filed...

Apple Drops Spyware Case Against NSO Group, Citing Risk of Threat Intelligence Exposure
2024-09-16 07:12

Apple has filed a motion to "voluntarily" dismiss its lawsuit against commercial spyware vendor NSO Group, citing a shifting risk landscape that could lead to exposure of critical "threat...

U.S. Court Orders NSO Group to Hand Over Pegasus Spyware Code to WhatsApp
2024-03-02 06:23

A U.S. judge has ordered NSO Group to hand over its source code for Pegasus and other products to Meta as part of the social media giant's ongoing litigation against the Israeli spyware vendor....

Russian Journalist's iPhone Compromised by NSO Group's Zero-Click Spyware
2023-09-14 08:51

The iPhone belonging to Galina Timchenko, a prominent Russian journalist and critic of the government, was compromised with NSO Group's Pegasus spyware, a new collaborative investigation from Access Now and the Citizen Lab has revealed. The Washington Post reported that the Russian government is not a client of NSO Group, citing an unnamed person familiar with the company's operations.

NSO Group Used 3 Zero-Click iPhone Exploits Against Human Rights Defenders
2023-04-20 10:11

Israeli spyware maker NSO Group deployed at least three novel "Zero-click" exploits against iPhones in 2022 to infiltrate defenses erected by Apple and deploy Pegasus, according to the latest findings from Citizen Lab. "NSO Group customers widely deployed at least three iOS 15 and iOS 16 zero-click exploit chains against civil society targets around the world," the interdisciplinary laboratory based at the University of Toronto said.

NSO Group CEO steps down, 100 employees let go too
2022-08-22 05:01

Pegasus spyware-maker NSO Group announced on Sunday it will reorganize, replacing its CEO and letting go of around 100 workers. A statement from NSO Group reportedly said the reorg, which reduces the size of the company by around 15 percent, "Will examine all aspects of its business, including streamlining its operations to ensure NSO remains one of the world's leading hi-tech cyber intelligence companies, focusing on NATO-member countries."

NSO Group’s Pegasus Spyware Used against Thailand Pro-Democracy Activists and Leaders
2022-07-19 14:40

We forensically confirmed that at least 30 individuals were infected with NSO Group's Pegasus spyware. A sample of the victims was independently analyzed by Amnesty International's Security Lab which confirms the methodology used to determine Pegasus infections.

US military contractor moves to buy Israeli spy-tech company NSO Group
2022-07-11 13:00

US security technology provider L3Harris has courted controversial Israeli spyware firm NSO with an aim to buy it, according to reports. The New York Times claims L3Harris in recent months sent a team to Israel to try to smooth passage of the deal, which was made challenging by US president Joe Biden's decision to blacklist NSO following the use of its Pegasus software to crack phones of politicians and campaigners.

Long Article on NSO Group
2022-04-21 12:16

Ronan Farrow has a long article in The New Yorker on NSO Group, which includes the news that someone — probably Spain — used the software to spy on domestic Catalonian sepratists.

‘CatalanGate’ Spyware Infections Tied to NSO Group
2022-04-19 16:04

An unknown zero-click exploit in Apple's iMessage was used by Israeli-based NSO Group to plant either Pegasus or Candiru malware on iPhones owned by politicians, journalists and activists. Citizen Lab, in collaboration with Catalan-based researchers, released the finding in a report on Monday that claims 65 people were targeted or infected with malware via an iPhone vulnerability called HOMAGE. It asserts the controversial Israeli firm the NSO Group and a second firm Candiru were behind the campaigns that took place between 2017 and 2020.