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NSO Group Hacked

Schneier on Security

NSO Group, the Israeli cyberweapons arms manufacturer behind the Pegasus spyware — used by authoritarian regimes around the world to spy on dissidents, journalists, human rights workers, and others — was hacked. It’s been linked to the Saudi murder of Jamal Khashoggi. There’s a lot to read out there.

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Apple Security Under Scrutiny Amid Fallout from NSO Spyware Scandal

eSecurity Planet

Amnesty International and Forbidden Stories – a Paris-based nonprofit media group that works with journalists – said earlier this week that users of the Israeli-developed spyware were able to hack into iPhone 11 and iPhone 12 devices, as well as Android devices, of tens of thousands of people – including a number of world leaders.

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Private equity executive sought to undermine NSO critics, data suggests

The Guardian Data Protection

Information released under data protection laws sheds light on apparent effort to undermine Canadian research group Citizen Lab When Downing Street was recently named as the suspected victim of a phone hack by the United Arab Emirates using the Israeli-made spyware, Pegasus, few were surprised at who was behind the discovery.

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