European parliament is investigating powerful surveillance tool used by governments around the world Victims of spyware and a group of security experts have privately warned that a European parliament investigatory committee risks being thrown off course by an alleged “disinformation campaign”. The warning, contained in a letter to MEPs …
Privacy policy update confirms data of continent’s users available to range of TikTok bases including in Brazil, Israel and US TikTok is spelling out to its European users that their data can be accessed by employees outside the continent, including in China, amid political and regulatory concerns about …
CEO Shalev Hulio is stepping down as part of NSO reorganisation that will see it focus on sales in Nato member countries Israel’s NSO Group, which makes the globally controversial Pegasus spyware said on Sunday its CEO Shalev Hulio would step down as part of a reorganisation. The …
Cybersecurity expert Ron Deibert to testify to Canadian MPs about troubling spread of invasive surveillance tools The mercenary spyware industry represents “one of the greatest contemporary threats to civil society, human rights and democracy”, a leading cybersecurity expert warns, as countries grapple with the unregulated spread of powerful and …
Personal information allegedly taken from Shanghai police database would be one of biggest data breaches in history A hacker has claimed to have stolen the personal information of 1 billion Chinese citizens from a Shanghai police database, in what would amount to one of the biggest data breaches in …
OpenSea tells customers and subscribers not to open emails and files ‘sent by strangers’ after revealing breach The world’s biggest marketplace for non-fungible tokens (NFTs) has warned its users to be on the alert for email phishing attacks following a massive data leak. OpenSea, where traders exchange the …
From epic data mining to shocking failures of content moderation, Meta’s COO passes on a vast clean-up job If you are reading this, odds are that you are one of the 2.87 billion daily users of the products offered by Meta, the parent company of Facebook, Instagram …
From an army of volunteers to EU and Nato teams, the variety of online actors working for the cause is unprecedented As the conflict in Ukraine escalates, expert cyber-watchers have been speculating about the kind of cyber-attacks that Russia might conduct. Will the Kremlin turn off Ukraine’s power …
UK government and banks on alert for new form of electronic attack said to have infected hundreds of machines Russia-Ukraine crisis: live news Cyber experts have identified a new strain of computer-disabling malware unleashed on Ukrainian targets as part of Russia’s offensive, as the UK government and banks …
Police have been accused of spying on at least 26 individuals who are not criminal suspects An inquiry into allegations that Israel’s police force systematically hacked into the mobile phones of Israeli citizens has found that while the police did use NSO Group’s controversial Pegasus malware, there …
Britain, the US and Australia point to growth in ‘sophisticated, high-impact ransomware incidents’ There have been further increases in “sophisticated, high-impact ransomware incidents” coming from Russia and other former Soviet states during 2021, Britain, the US and Australia said in a joint review of cyber-extortion trends. Universities and schools …
With KP Snacks the latest cyber-attack victim, firms must learn to defend themselves against a mounting menace The January snow lay thick on the Moscow ground, as masked officers of the FSB – Russia’s fearsome security agency – prepared to smash down the doors at one of 25 addresses they …
Exclusive: Analysis of Kamel Jendoubi’s mobile phone reveals he was targeted in August 2019 The mobile phone of a UN-backed investigator who was examining possible war crimes in Yemen was targeted with spyware made by Israel’s NSO Group, a new forensic analysis of the device has revealed …
Revelation comes just weeks after the Biden administration placed NSO on a US blacklist The iPhones of at least nine US state department officials were recently hacked by a government using NSO Group spyware, according to a new report that raised serious questions about the use of Israeli surveillance …
Israeli spyware firm’s problems go from bad to worse as scathing Apple lawsuit follows US blacklisting Shalev Hulio, the co-founder of Israel’s NSO Group, was in Washington DC on a mission to try to resuscitate the surveillance company’s battered reputation on Capitol Hill shortly before the …
Group of 10 MPs and peers say Boris Johnson’s government has prioritised trade over national security Boris Johnson’s government has been accused by MPs of prioritising trade agreements over national security in its handling of surveillance abuses on British soil by governments using spyware made by the …
Move reported by Israeli media comes after Biden administration said firm acted contrary to US security interests The chief executive officer-designate of NSO Group has resigned citing the Israeli spyware company’s blacklisting by the US Department of Commerce last week, Israeli media said on Thursday. NSO Group declined …
Analysis: while identity of hackers is not known in this case, Palestinians have long been spied on by Israeli military The disclosure that Palestinian human rights defenders were reportedly hacked using NSO’s Pegasus spyware will come as little surprise to two groups of people: Palestinians themselves and the …
Decision against company at heart of Pegasus project reflects deep concern about impact of spyware on US national security interests NSO Group has been placed on a US blacklist by the Biden administration after it determined the Israeli spyware maker has acted “contrary to the foreign policy and national …
LightBasin hackers were able to obtain subscriber information and call metadata, says CrowdStrike At least 13 phone companies around the world have been compromised since 2019 by sophisticated hackers who are believed to come from China, a cybersecurity expert group has said. The roaming hackers – known as LightBasin – were …
Sheikh Mohammed used spyware on Princess Haya and five associates in unlawful abuse of power, judge rules ‘The walls are closing in on me’: the hacking of Princess Haya Ruling in Princess Haya case raises fresh questions for Cherie Blair The ruler of Dubai hacked the phone of his …
Court judgments reveal how Sheikh Mohammed’s use of Pegasus spyware against his ex-wife was uncovered Dubai ruler hacked ex-wife using NSO Pegasus spyware, high court judge finds Eleven court judgments, covering 181 pages, plus hundreds of other pages of legal documents have revealed an extraordinary spying scandal: state-sponsored …
Will Cathcart claims government officials around the world among 1,400 WhatsApp users targeted in 2019 Senior government officials around the world – including individuals in high national security positions who are “allies of the US” – were targeted by governments with NSO Group spyware in a 2019 attack against 1 …
Analysis: UK prides itself on GCHQ’s cyber capability – so availability of Raab’s number will have been embarrassing for him Dominic Raab’s mobile number freely available online for last decade Finding Dominic Raab’s mobile phone online is more than just embarrassing for the foreign secretary: it …
Moxie Marlinspike accuses surveillance firm of being ‘linked to persecution’ around the world The CEO of the messaging app Signal claims to have hacked the phone-cracking tools used by police in Britain and around the world to extract information from seized devices. In an online post, Moxie Marlinspike, the …