Security News

WhatsApp slaps app hacker chaps on the rack for booby-trapped chat: NSO Group accused of illegal hacking by Facebook
2019-10-29 21:51

Spyware used unlawfully against 1,400 targets, including human-rights bods, it is claimed Facebook and its WhatsApp subsidiary on Tuesday sued NSO Group, and affiliated corporate entity Q Cyber...

Facebook Sues NSO Group Over Alleged WhatsApp Hack
2019-10-29 20:04

In a new lawsuit, WhatsApp owner Facebook says that NSO Group was behind the WhatsApp zero-day exploits earlier in 2019.

Cyber-Intelligence Firm NSO Group Tries to Boost Reputation
2019-09-12 20:48

Critics Questions Whether Israeli Firm's Moves Will Have an ImpactIsrael-based cyber-intelligence firm NSO Group, which has been accused of selling technology that enables governments to spy on...

Israel's NSO Group: Our malware? Slurp your cloud backups plus phone data? They've misunderstood
2019-07-19 17:00

After report claimed its sales pitches boasted of doing that Israeli spyware firm NSO Group has denied it developed malware that can steal user data from cloud services run by Amazon, Apple,...

Amnesty International Targeted with NSO Group Spyware
2018-08-01 16:40

An Amnesty International staff member was recently targeted with spyware linked to the infrastructure previously associated with Israel surveillance vendor NSO Group.

NSO Group bloke charged with $50m theft of government malware
2018-07-06 00:03

Alleged unethical behavior from a grey hat? Who'd a thunk it? A former worker at NSO Group – the Israeli biz infamous for selling zero-day exploits to governments nice and nasty – has been charged...

NSO Group (Schneier on Security)
2016-08-31 13:16

We're starting to see some information on the Israeli cyber-weapons arms manufacturer that sold the iPhone zero-day exploit to the United Arab Emirates so they could spy on human rights defenders....