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| 25.09.2024 | Apple Dumps Suit Against NSO Group After Israeli Government Walks Off With A Bunch Of The Company’s Files | Well, it worked. We’ll have to see how this plays out in the lawsuit WhatsApp brought against NSO Group, but it has managed to shed one litigant thanks to intervention from the home team: the Israeli government.
In July, documents obtained ... |
| 21.09.2024 | Apple vs. NSO Group: A Legal Tug-of-War in the Shadows of Cybersecurity | In the world of technology, secrets are currency. Apple, a titan of innovation, recently found itself in a precarious position. The company, known for its commitment to user privacy, filed a lawsuit against the NSO Group, the creators of th... |
| 17.09.2024 | Apple отозвала иск к разработчику Pegasus из-за возможности раскрытия своих секретов | Apple обратилась в суд с просьбой отклонить её иск, поданный к разработчику шпионского программного обеспечения Pegasus израильской NSO Group, из-за опасений раскрытия секретов производителя iPhone. Эти данные могли бы привлечь хакеров и по... |
| 03.09.2024 | Transport for London Hit With an Ongoing Cyberattack; Claims Data Is Safe | By Isaiah Richard
Published Sep 3, 2024 9:38AM EDT
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The local government agency heading Greater London's transportation, Transport for Lo... |
| 02.09.2024 | Tech Times Weekly Wrap: X Brazil Ban, iPhone AT&T Outage, Russia Attacks Ukraine With Missiles, Drones | By Isaiah Richard
Published Sep 2, 2024 8:27AM EDT
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Elon Musk's social media platform, X, is now facing a ban in Brazil after failing to ... |
| 30.08.2024 | The Dark Web of Spyware: How Commercial Exploits Fuel State-Sponsored Hacking | In the shadows of cyberspace, a dangerous game unfolds. Commercial spyware vendors (CSVs) sell sophisticated hacking tools, promising to target only the worst of the worst. Yet, these tools often slip through the cracks, landing in the hand... |
| 29.08.2024 | Commercial spyware vendor exploits used by Kremlin-backed hackers, Google says | Enlarge
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Critics of spyware and exploit sellers have long warned that the advanced hacking sold by commercial surveillance vendors (CSVs) represents a worldwide danger because they inevitably find their way in... |
| 29.08.2024 | Google Accuses Russia of Using Stolen Spyware Exploits From NSO, Intellexa | By Joseph Henry
Published Aug 29, 2024 11:10AM EDT
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Google has uncovered alarming evidence that Russian government hackers are using soph... |
| 30.07.2024 | The Shadowy Dance of NSO Group and the Israeli Government | In the murky waters of cybersecurity, the NSO Group stands as a controversial giant. This Israeli company, known for its powerful spyware, has been embroiled in a legal battle that reveals the intricate ties between technology, government, ... |
| 29.07.2024 | NSO Group Asked Israeli Government To Help It Hide Malware Docs From WhatsApp | Before the news had broken that NSO Group’s clients were utilizing its powerful spyware to target journalists, dissidents, activists, religious leaders, opposition party members, and anyone else that might have irritated the autocrats and h... |
| 11.07.2024 | Apple предупредила пользователей iPhone из 98 стран о потенциальных шпионских атаках | Apple предупредила пользователей iPhone из 98 стран о потенциальных шпионских атаках. Это уже второе подобное уведомление владельцев гаджетов Apple за текущий год.
С 2021 года Apple регулярно отправляет предупреждения о рисках кибербезопасн... |
| 03.07.2024 | iPhone, Mac Applications Have Been Exposed to Cyberattacks for 10 Years, Report Claims | By Aldohn Domingo
Published Jul 3, 2024 1:09AM EDT
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A new cybersecurity report reports that applications for both iOS and macOS have been... |
| 07.05.2024 | Israel Shows It Has Nothing To Fear From International Coverage Of Palestine Conflict By Kicking Al Jazeera Out Of The Country | Wars, conflicts, domestic dust-ups, whatever you want to call them… they’re sensitive situations, easily made worse by even the most mild fluctuations in the political climate or the public temperament.
And while I’m completely aware there’... |
| 06.05.2024 | Spyware Problems Are Getting Under Apple iPhone's Skin Through the Years | Joseph Henry, Tech Times 06 May 2024, 09:05 am
Just like malware, spyware can easily invade your precious iPhone. Even with the most advanced mobile security, Apple still struggles to remove the unwelcomed guests in its handsets.
With the r... |
| 12.04.2024 | Apple Alerts iPhone Users in 92 Countries to Mercenary Spyware Attacks | Apple sent a threat notification to iPhone users in 92 countries on April 10 informing them that their device was “being targeted by a mercenary spyware attack.” The alert, sent at 12:00 p.m. Pacific Time, told recipients that the attackers... |
| 11.04.2024 | The iPhone notification you definitely don't want to get | Tech The iPhone notification you definitely don't want to get
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| 11.04.2024 | iPhone Users in 92 Countries Targeted by Mercenary Spyware Attacks, Says Latest Apple Warning | John Lopez, Tech Times 11 April 2024, 08:04 am
iPhone users across 92 countries have received an alarming notification from Apple, warning them of potential mercenary spyware attacks, as first spotted by TechCrunch.
The tech giant issued th... |
| 10.04.2024 | Apple alerts users in 92 nations to mercenary spyware attacks | Apple sent threat notifications to iPhone users in 92 countries on Wednesday, warning them that may have been targeted by mercenary spyware attacks.
The company said it sent the alerts to individuals in 92 nations at 12pm Pacific Time Wedne... |
| 21.11.2023 | Ex-CEO of NSO Group Raises $33.6 Million for Israeli Cyber Startup | - |
| 08.09.2023 | Researchers discover new flaws in Apple iPhones that allow attackers to take over your phone without your knowledge | “The flaw allowed compromise of iPhones running the latest version of iOS (16.6) without any interaction from the victim, the digital watchdog said. The new update fixes this vulnerability.”
Researchers at digital watchdog group Citizen La... |
| 24.11.2022 | What is an advanced persistent threat (APT)? Definition, list, examples and management best practices | Check out the on-demand sessions from the Low-Code/No-Code Summit to learn how to successfully innovate and achieve efficiency by upskilling and scaling citizen developers. Watch now.
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| 08.07.2022 | Apple unveils “Lockdown Mode,” a new ultra security feature that lets iPhone users block government spyware and hackers | In December 2021, US officials’ phones were hacked using spyware developed by Israeli cybersecurity tech startup NSO Group. According to multiple reports, at least nine iPhones of US state department officials were hacked using NSO Group sp... |
| 02.05.2022 | Spanish prime minister’s mobile phone breached by Israeli NSO Group’s military-grade Pegasus spyware | NSO Group is a cybersecurity tech startup you’ve probably never heard of. We first covered NSO Group back in 2018 when the Herzliya, Israel-based startup made headlines after its military-grade Pegasus spyware was used in a botched attempt ... |
| 22.02.2022 | Как графический формат прошлого века привёл к zero-click exploit в iOS | Тема информационной безопасности в сфере интересов команды М.Видео и Эльдорадо, поэтому делимся с вами очередным интересным переводным тематическим материалом. В начале 2022 года Citizen Lab удалось выявить zero-click-эксплойт на основе NSO... |
| 01.02.2022 | Paypal founder and Facebook investor Peter Thiel secretly funded a ‘Cyber Warfare’ tech startup that hacked WhatsApp | NSO Group is an Israeli cybersecurity tech startup you’ve probably never heard of. The startup has no web presence and its spyware is used by private companies and government agencies to spy on their citizens. The NSO Group’s military-grade... |
| 04.12.2021 | US officials’ phones hacked using Israeli NSO Group spyware | NSO Group is a cybersecurity tech startup you’ve probably never heard of. Founded about 12 years ago, the Tel Aviv, Israel-based NSO Group develops technology that helps government agencies prevent and investigate terrorism and crime to sav... |
| 23.11.2021 | NSO Made Millions Selling Phone Hacking Tools To The Princes And Kings Of The United Arab Emirates | NSO Group can't get a break. Too bad. It really doesn't deserve one. The inability of the Israeli exploit purveyor to escape this endlessly negative news cycle is entirely its own fault. And each passing day seems to uncover something new a... |
| 23.11.2021 | NSO Made Millions Selling Phone Hacking Tools To The Princes And Kings Of The United Arab Emirates | NSO Group can’t get a break. Too bad. It really doesn’t deserve one. The inability of the Israeli exploit purveyor to escape this endlessly negative news cycle is entirely its own fault. And each passing day seems to uncover something new a... |
| 25.10.2021 | NYT reporter says hackers used a 'zero-click' tool to get inside his phone: 'It's like being robbed by a ghost' | Hackers targeted the iPhone of NYT reporter Ben Hubbard four times in three years.
Cybersecurity researchers found that a government-surveillance software was likely used.
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| 10.08.2021 | What is Pegasus? How The Spyware Invades Phones And What It Does When It Gets In | Smartphone. Photo by Keira Burton from Pexels |
| 27.07.2021 | Former NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden warns: “The greatest danger to national security has become the companies that claim to protect it” | About two weeks ago, former NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden revealed a new terrifying leak that he said is going to be “the story of the year.” Snowden sounded the alarm bell about the military-grade Pegasus spyware developed by an Israeli... |
| 25.07.2021 | Pegasus Spyware: This New App Says It Can Instantly Check For Pegasus | The Pegasus spyware has been in the news over the last week, with many people fearing the NSO Group-made malware could be hiding on their phones. Pegasus is even more scary because it is invisible and difficult to detect and remove. But it ... |
| 25.07.2021 | WhatsApp chief says national security officials of US allies were among those targeted with NSO malware | WhatsApp CEO Will Cathcart told The Guardian that officials of US allies were malware targets.
WhatsApp sued NSO Group in 2019, saying the Israeli company sent malware to 1,400 devices.
"There is no such thing as an encryption backdoor... |
| 25.07.2021 | WhatsApp chief says national security officials of US allies were among those targeted with NSO malware | WhatsApp’s CEO has spoken out about Pegasus malware. NurPhoto/Getty Images
WhatsApp CEO Will Cathcart told The Guardian that officials of US allies were malware targets.
WhatsApp sued NSO Group in 2019, saying the Israeli company sent malwa... |
| 23.07.2021 | How To Check If Your Smartphone Is Infected With Pegasus Spyware | Photo by JOEL SAGET/AFP via Getty ImagesAFP via Getty Images |
| 22.07.2021 | NSO Group больше не будет отвечать на вопросы про Pegasus | NSO Group заявила, что больше не будет отвечать на вопросы СМИ по поводу шпионского списка Pegasus. По её словам, журналисты разыграли злобную и клеветническую кампанию, и NSO не собирается этому подыгрывать.
Израильская компания NSO Group ... |
| 20.07.2021 | Your iPhone and the Pegasus spyware hack: What you need to know | Image: James Martin/CNET
The iPhone has always been lauded for its tight security and privacy controls, especially compared with Android devices. But that reputation took a hit this week with the revelation that a spyware program ostensibly... |
| 19.07.2021 | Investigation uncovers global abuse of Pegasus malware to spy on journalists, activists and more | Spyware produce by the Israeli surveillance firm NSO Group has been abused by governments to target dissenting journalists, activists, lawyers and more, an investigation by human rights groups and media organizations has found.
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| 19.07.2021 | Spyware successfully broke into journalists’ iPhones by sending iMessages that didn’t even need to be read | Amnesty International found evidence of iPhones being hacked with ‘zero-click’ attacks. Stanislav Kogiku/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images
An Amnesty report says NSO Group sold spyware then used to target journalists and activists.
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| 19.07.2021 | “Clickless” exploits from Israeli firm hacked activists’ fully updated iPhones | Enlarge
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| 19.07.2021 | Spyware successfully broke into journalists' iPhones by sending iMessages that didn't even need to be read | An Amnesty report says NSO Group sold spyware then used to target journalists and activists.
The spyware successfully infected victims' iPhones by exploit flaws in iMessage.
Amnesty said its findings suggest all iPhones and iOS updates are ... |
| 19.07.2021 | Israeli firm's spyware used to target journalists' cell phones - reports | One of the organizations, The Washington Post https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/interactive/2021/nso-spyware-pegasus-cellphones/?itid=lk_inline_manual_14, said the Pegasus spyware licensed by Israel-based NSO Group also was used... |
| 19.07.2021 | Don’t assume your iPhone is safe from hackers | If you were paying attention to the news over the weekend, you might have heard something about “Pegasus.” In this case, Pegasus is not a mythical flying horse, but powerful phone-hacking spyware sold by an Israeli company that’s allegedly ... |
| 19.07.2021 | Israeli firm's spyware used to target journalists' cell phones - reports | July 19, 202110:11 AM UTCLast Updated ago
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| 19.07.2021 | Apple responds to an International Amnesty report listing the iPhone as being vulnerable to Pegasus Spyware used against journalists+
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| 19.07.2021 | Pegasus Spyware Helps Authoritarian Leaders Target Voices of Dissent | Israeli-made spyware designed to target criminals has been used by governments to spy on dissenting voices, journalists and human rights activists.
A list of around 50,000 phone numbers revealing those believed to be of interest to authorit... |
| 19.07.2021 | Apple's iPhone has a 'major blinking red five-alarm-fire problem with iMessage security,' according to a cybersecurity researcher | Apple's iPhones are a lot less secure than Apple says, according to a new report.
"Apple has a MAJOR blinking red five-alarm-fire problem with iMessage security," one cybersecurity researcher said.
An iMessages security exploit wa... |
| 19.07.2021 | EU says use of spyware on journalists is unacceptable | July 19, 20213:45 PM UTCLast Updated ago
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| 18.07.2021 | Spyware on Smartphones Link to Journalist Deaths, Amazon's Jeff Bezos' Recent Hack Points to Israeli Perp | Isaiah Richard, Tech Times 18 July 2021, 08:07 pm
Spyware on smartphones has been linked to Journalist deaths in Israel, and it has been rampant in the country for some time now, saying it is propaganda. The said spyware is linked to Jeff B... |
| 22.12.2020 | Microsoft and Google join Facebook’s legal battle against hacking company NSO | (Reuters) — Tech giants, including Microsoft and Google, on Monday joined Facebook’s legal battle against hacking company NSO, filing an amicus brief in federal court that warned the Israeli firm’s tools were “powerful, and dangerous.”
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| 01.11.2019 | Why encrypted email service ProtonMail is open-sourcing its mobile apps | At a time when public trust in “big tech” is at an all-time low over countless data breaches and privacy scandals, even companies that specialize in online security are having to go the whole nine yards to convince people that they’re serio... |
| 01.11.2019 | Why encrypted email service ProtonMail is open-sourcing its mobile apps | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
At a time when public trust in “big tech” is at an all-time low over countless data breaches and privacy scandals, even companies that ... |
| 12.10.2019 | Activists’ phones targeted by one of the world’s most advanced spyware apps | Enlarge
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| 19.07.2019 | This Israeli cybersecurity startup reportedly developed spyware that spies on Apple, Google and Facebook cloud data; company denied the allegation | NSO Group is a cybersecurity startup you probably never heard of. Founded about 10 years ago, the Tel Aviv, Israel-based NSO Group develops technology that helps government agencies prevent and investigate terrorism and crime to save thousa... |
| 14.05.2019 | WhatsApp vulnerability allowed spyware to be installed on smartphones | Facebook-owned messaging giant WhatsApp has confirmed a vulnerability that allowed hackers to install spyware on smartphones.
While WhatsApp began life as a simple messaging app, it has expanded into all manner of communications — including... |
| 14.05.2019 | WhatsApp vulnerability allowed spyware to be installed on smartphones | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
Facebook-owned messaging giant WhatsApp has confirmed a vulnerability that allowed hackers to install spyware on smartphones.
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| 25.03.2019 | Israeli Hacking Company NSO Group Is Trying to Clean Up Its Image | In the summer of 2016, a Dubai-based human rights activist was targeted with a sophisticated iPhone hacking tool. That piece of malware had been developed by NSO Group, an Israeli company that sells surveillance and hacking tools to governm... |
| 28.05.2018 | Top tech startup news stories you need to know this Monday, May 28 | Good morning! Here are some of the top tech startup news stories for today, Monday, May 28.
Tencent-Backed Electric Car Startup NIO Files for IPO. Back in December 2017, we wrote about NIO, the Chinese electric-vehicle startup backed by Te... |
| 28.05.2018 | Verint Systems in talks to buy Israeli spyware startup NSO for about $1 billion | Verint Systems is in talks to buy Israeli cyber-surveillance company NSO Group at a value of about $1 billion
The deal would involve NSO’s controlling shareholder, private equity firm Francisco Partners, which would receive Verint’s stock ... |
| - | Pegasus: What you need to know about Israeli spyware | Pegasus, spyware made by the Israeli technology company NSO Group, is making headlines again after it was reported that the Israeli police used it for spying on dozens of its own citizens – including senior government officials and proteste... |
| - | Indian Government Questions WhatsApp Over Latest Hack | Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) has asked for the details of the latest loophole in WhatsApp, which has put the personal information of the users at risk. The Indian government has asked for details such as the nu... |
| - | Власти 11 стран используют троян Pegasus под iOS и Android для слежки за общественными активистами | Шпионская программа Pegasus от израильской компании NSO Group эксплуатирует 0day-уязвимости на iOS и Android для скрытой установки на смартфоны и дистанционного съёма информации. Например, на iOS 14.6 её можно удалённо установить через сооб... |
| - | Firmă IT israeliană, capabilă să intre în datele persoanele de pe serverele Apple, Google, Facebook, Amazon şi Microsoft | O firmă IT israeliană, suspectată că a produs un soft de spionaj care a vizat WhatsApp, le-a transmis clienţilor că dispune de tehnologie care poate accesa datele personale de pe serverele companiilor Apple, Google, Facebook, Amazon şi Micr... |