Security researchers found that infections with high-profile spyware Pegasus, Reign, and Predator could be discovered on compromised Apple mobile devices by checking Shutdown.log, a system log file that stores reboot events.
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Apple's warnings in late October that Indian journalists and opposition figures may have been targeted by state-sponsored attacks prompted a forceful Behind closed doors, senior officials from Modi's administration demanded that Apple soften the political impact of the state-sponsored warnings, according to Washington Post.
We confirm that two members of Serbian civil society were targeted with spyware earlier this year. Both have publicly criticized the Serbian government. We are not naming the individuals at this time by their request. The Citizen Lab’s technical analysis of forensic artifacts was conducted in support of an investigation led by Access Now in collaboration with the SHARE Foundation. Researchers from Amnesty International independently analyzed the cases and their conclusions match our findings.
An employee of cyberweapon manufacturer, NSO Group, tried to sell advanced malware to unauthorized parties for $50-Million, according to an Israeli indictment unsealed last week against the individual in question. About two years ago, Herzliya-based NSO Group developed a powerful cyberweapon called Pegasus, which operated as malware that exploited three previously unknown vulnerabilities in iPhones […]
Christopher Wray, the F.B.I.’s director, told Congress last December that the bureau purchased the phone hacking tool Pegasus for research and development purposes.
Le droit à la vie privée est de plus en plus menacé par l’utilisation de technologies numériques modernes en réseau, dont les caractéristiques en font de formidables outils de surveillance, de contrôle et d’oppression, selon un nouveau rapport de l’ONU. Il est donc essentiel que ces technologies soient encadrées par une réglementation efficace reposant sur le droit international des droits de l’homme et les normes applicables en la matière
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Le Haut Commissariat aux droits de l’homme des Nations unies a publié vendredi un nouveau rapport extrêmement alarmant sur les menaces des nouvelles technologies de surveillance quant au respect de la vie privée et des droits humains. Les usages dénoncés font largement écho à la situation en Suisse.
Two Egyptians—exiled politician Ayman Nour and the host of a popular news program (who wishes to remain anonymous)—were hacked with Predator spyware, built and sold by the previously little-known mercenary spyware developer Cytrox. The phone of Ayman Nour was simultaneously infected with both Cytrox’s Predator and NSO Group’s Pegasus spyware, operated by two different government clients.