iPhone security flaw let spies hack dozens of Al Jazeera journalists

Posted on 20/12/2020 by Engadget

Journalists appear to have fallen prone to a particularly sophisticated digital espionage campaign. According to the Guardian, Citizen Lab has discovered that operators using NSO Group software, nicknamed Kismet, hacked the iPhones of 37 journalists...

WhatsApp claims spyware firm launched attacks with US servers

Posted on 25/04/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

Facebook just escalated its lawsuit over surveillance firm NSO Group’s WhatsApp call exploit attacks. The WhatsApp team has filed accusations that NSO relied on US-based servers to stage its spyware attacks using Pegasus software. NSO reportedly used...

Facebook sues Israeli firm over WhatsApp call exploit attacks

Posted on 30/10/2019 by Engadget RSS Feed

Facebook has filed a lawsuit against the NSO Group, accusing the Israeli cybersurveillance firm of using WhatsApp to spread spyware to 1,400 mobile devices in 20 countries from April through May. While the tech giant didn't say who it believes NSO's...

WhatsApp call exploit let attackers slip spyware on to phones

Posted on 14/05/2019 by Engadget RSS Feed

WhatsApp appears to have been the inadvertent conduit for a surveillance campaign. Both WhatsApp and Israeli software developer NSO Group have confirmed that an exploit in WhatsApp's voice calling allowed attackers to load NSO's Pegasus spyware on t...

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iPhone security flaw let spies hack dozens of Al Jazeera journalists

WhatsApp claims spyware firm launched attacks with US servers

Facebook sues Israeli firm over WhatsApp call exploit attacks

WhatsApp call exploit let attackers slip spyware on to phones