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Report on Paragon Spyware
2025-03-25 11:05

Citizen Lab has a new report on Paragon’s spyware: Key Findings: Introducing Paragon Solutions. Paragon Solutions was founded in Israel in 2019 and sells spyware called Graphite. The company...

Paragon spyware deployed against journalists and activists, Citizen Lab claims
2025-03-21 06:26

Plus: Customer info stolen from 'parental control' software slinger SpyX; F-35 kill switch denied Infosec newsbytes Israeli spyware maker Paragon Solutions pitches its tools as helping governments...

Six Governments Likely Use Israeli Paragon Spyware to Hack IM Apps and Harvest Data
2025-03-20 10:56

The governments of Australia, Canada, Cyprus, Denmark, Israel, and Singapore are likely customers of spyware developed by Israeli company Paragon Solutions, according to a new report from The...

WhatsApp patched zero-click flaw exploited in Paragon spyware attacks
2025-03-19 16:02

WhatsApp has patched a zero-click, zero-day vulnerability used to install Paragon's Graphite spyware following reports from security researchers at the University of Toronto's Citizen Lab. [...]

New North Korean Android spyware slips onto Google Play
2025-03-12 17:35

A new Android spyware named 'KoSpy' is linked to North Korean threat actors who have infiltrated Google Play and third-party app store APKPure through at least five malicious apps. [...]

Journalists and Civil Society Members Using WhatsApp Targeted by Paragon Spyware
2025-02-03 12:05

This is yet another story of commercial spyware being used against journalists and civil society members. The journalists and other civil society members were being alerted of a possible breach of...

Meta Confirms Zero-Click WhatsApp Spyware Attack Targeting 90 Journalists, Activists
2025-02-01 05:29

Meta-owned WhatsApp on Friday said it disrupted a campaign that involved the use of spyware to target journalists and civil society members. The campaign, which targeted around 90 members,...

Spyware Maker NSO Group Found Liable for Hacking WhatsApp
2024-12-24 12:04

A judge has found that NSO Group, maker of the Pegasus spyware, has violated the US Computer Fraud and Abuse Act by hacking WhatsApp in order to spy on people using it. Jon Penney and I wrote a...

US court finds spyware maker NSO liable for WhatsApp hacks
2024-12-23 16:37

A U.S. federal judge has ruled that Israeli spyware maker NSO Group violated U.S. hacking laws by using WhatsApp zero-days to deploy Pegasus spyware on at least 1,400 devices. [...]

U.S. Judge Rules Against NSO Group in WhatsApp Pegasus Spyware Case
2024-12-23 09:20

Meta Platforms-owned WhatsApp scored a major legal victory in its fight against Israeli commercial spyware vendor NSO Group after a federal judge in the U.S. state of California ruled in favor of...