Mar 02, 2024NewsroomSpyware / Privacy A U.S. judge has ordered NSO Group to hand over its source code for Pegasus and other products to Meta as part of the social media giant's ongoing litigation against the Israeli spyware vendor. The decision, which marks a major legal victory for Meta, which filed the lawsuit in October 2019 for using its infrastructure to distribute the … [Read more...] about U.S. Court Orders NSO Group to Hand Over Pegasus Spyware Code to WhatsApp
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Pegasus Spyware Used to Hack Devices of Pro-Democracy Activists in Thailand — The Hacker News
Thai activists involved in the country's pro-democracy protests have had their smartphones infected with NSO Group's infamous Pegasus government-sponsored spyware. At least 30 individuals, spanning activists, academics, lawyers, and NGO workers, are believed to have been targeted between October 2020 and November 2021, many of whom have been previously detained, arrested and … [Read more...] about Pegasus Spyware Used to Hack Devices of Pro-Democracy Activists in Thailand — The Hacker News
NSO Confirms Pegasus Spyware Used by at least 5 European Countries
The beleaguered Israeli surveillanceware vendor NSO Group this week admitted to the European Union lawmakers that its Pegasus tool was used by at least five countries in the region. "We're trying to do the right thing and that's more than other companies working in the industry," Chaim Gelfand, the company's general counsel and chief compliance officer, said, according to a … [Read more...] about NSO Confirms Pegasus Spyware Used by at least 5 European Countries
How to protect from Pegasus and other advanced spyware
Possibly the biggest story of 2021 — an investigation by the Guardian and 16 other media organizations, published in July — suggested that over 30,000 human rights activists, journalists and lawyers across the world may have been targeted using Pegasus. Pegasus is a so-called “legal surveillance software” developed by the Israeli company NSO. The report, called the Pegasus … [Read more...] about How to protect from Pegasus and other advanced spyware
Pegasus Spyware Reportedly Hacked iPhones of U.S. State Department and Diplomats
Apple reportedly notified several U.S. Embassy and State Department employees that their iPhones may have been targeted by an unknown assailant using state-sponsored spyware created by the controversial Israeli company NSO Group, according to multiple reports from Reuters and The Washington Post. At least 11 U.S. Embassy officials stationed in Uganda or focusing on issues … [Read more...] about Pegasus Spyware Reportedly Hacked iPhones of U.S. State Department and Diplomats
Hacked iOS 9 Picture in Picture Feature to Play Doom
Developer Adam Bell has managed to get the new Picture-in-Picture feature in iOS 9 to play Doom. Hacked iOS 9's Picture-in-Picture mode (codenamed Pegasus) to play Doom over top all other apps (including SpringBoard) without any jailbreak or process injection :D … [Read more...] about Hacked iOS 9 Picture in Picture Feature to Play Doom