pegasus
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Blacklist and Bankrupt Abusive Spyware Makers, Researchers Tell Congress
Members of Congress — you know, the people who can’t seem to do anything — are taking their considerable talents to the fight against digital threats. On Wednesday, the House Intelligence Committee held a public hearing to address the threat of “commercial cyber surveillance,” otherwise known as the spyware industry.
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Here’s Why the World’s Most Infamous Spyware Maker Is Broke
The CEO of the notorious spyware vendor NSO Group apparently has a new plan to rebound from the company’s ongoing legal and fiscal tailspin: start re-selling its noxious spyware to the very governments that got it into trouble in the first place.
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NSO Group’s Spyware Breached a Journalist’s iPhone After Apple Sued
NSO Group, the creepy spyware firm known for selling its services to authoritarian governments throughout the world, is in trouble again. A new report shows that the company’s most notorious malware, Pegasus, was used to hack the iPhone of a Jordanian journalist in December. The hack occurred several weeks after Apple filed a high-profile suit…
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Europe’s Data Watchdog Calls for Total Ban of Pegasus Spyware
Israeli authorities say it should be probed and U.S. authorities are calling for it to be sanctioned, but EU officials have a different idea for how to handle Pegasus spyware: just ban that shit entirely.