Israeli Spyware
- Middle East
CEO of NSO group, famed for Israeli spyware Pegasus, steps down
The chief executive of Israeli spyware firm, Shalev Hulio of NSO group has stepped down from his position and chief operating officer Yaron Shohat is appointed to look after the reorganisation of the…
- Middle East
Israel to set inquiry committee into police hacking allegations
Jerusalem: Israel has said it is setting up a government inquiry commission to investigate allegations of the police using spyware on mobile phones of officials, businesspersons and civilians without authorisation. The police…
- Middle East
Israel police find an indication of unlawful surveillance
Jerusalem: The Israeli police said on Tuesday that it had found evidence pointing to the unauthorized use of sophisticated spyware by its own investigators to snoop on Israeli citizens’ phones. The announcement…
- World
Israel distances itself from NSO after US blacklists spyware firm behind phone hacking
Jerusalem: Israel has distanced itself from the controversy triggered by the NSO Group after the US blacklisted the technology firm, which had developed the Pegasus spyware that was allegedly used to target…
- World
Israeli NSO spyware firm says to work to reverse US ban
Tel Aviv: Israeli spyware company NSO Group said that it will work to reverse the US decision to blacklist the controversial company. Earlier on Wednesday, the US Department of Commerce announced in…
- India
Israeli firm helped hacking phones of journalists, activists in India: Report
In what can be seen as a concerted surveillance attack, phone numbers of at least 300 journalists, human right activists and others in India are reportedly found in a leaked database of…
- World
‘Israeli spyware firm linked to fake Black Lives Matter, Amnesty websites’
Jerusalem: An Israeli company that sells spyware to governments has been linked to fake Black Lives Matter and Amnesty International websites that are used to hack targets, according to a report. Tel Aviv-based…
- Technology
Facebook firm sues Facebook over blocked accounts
TEL AVIV: Eight employees of Israeli spyware company NSO Group that sells controversial Pegasus software to help governments snoop on people have sued Facebook demanding that the social networking giant must unblock…
- India
Israeli spyware snooped on Indian activists, lawyers
New Delhi: As Facebook-owned WhatsApp sued Israeli cyber intelligence company NSO Group this week that exploited its video calling system to snoop on 1,400 selected users globally, details emerged on Thursday that…
- News
Ravish’s report on Israeli spyware used to target Indians
NEW DELHI: Around 1,400 WhatsApp users in 20 countries and at least two dozen Indians, including academics, lawyers, and Dalit activists were targets of surveillance by operators using Israeli spyware Pegasus, The Indian…
- India
Govts targeting activists, scribes with Israeli spyware: Citizen
New Delhi; Citizen Lab, a laboratory based at the Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy of the University of Toronto which is helping WhatsApp find Israeli spyware-affected users, has identified…
- News
Indian journos target of Israeli spyware, Whatsapp confirms
NEW DELHI: In a startling revelation, Facebook-owned messaging platform WhatsApp has revealed that respected members of the civil society in India were targets of surveillance by operators using Israeli spyware Pegasus, The Indian…
