Pegasus

Woman tells congress what it’s like to be hacked by NSO’s Pegasus

On June 14 of last year, the daughter of Paul Rusesabagina, a former hotel manager credited with saving hundreds of lives during the genocide in Rwanda who is now in prison in the country, met with the Belgian foreign affairs minister to discuss her father’s situation. On the same day, her phone was hacked using tools made by spyware vendor NSO Group, according to forensic analysis of her phone.

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vice.com

A data ‘black hole’: Europol ordered to delete vast store of personal data

The EU’s police agency, Europol, will be forced to delete much of a vast store of personal data that it has been found to have amassed unlawfully by the bloc’s data protection watchdog. The unprecedented finding from the European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) targets what privacy experts are calling a “big data ark” containing billions of points of information. Sensitive data in the ark has been drawn from crime reports, hacked from encrypted phone services and sampled from asylum seekers never involved in any crime.

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theguardian.com

Apple spant rechtszaak aan tegen spywareleverancier NSO Group

Apple heeft in de Verenigde Staten een rechtszaak tegen spywareleverancier NSO Group aangespannen wegens het bespioneren en aanvallen van Apple-gebruikers. Om verder misbruik en schade aan gebruikers te voorkomen wil Apple dat de rechter NSO Group een permanent verbod oplegt om gebruik te maken van de software, diensten en apparaten van Apple.

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security.nl

Spionagesoftware NSO Group niet meer welkom op clouddiensten van Amazon

Amazon levert geen clouddiensten meer aan het Israëlische bedrijf NSO Group. Dat laat het Amerikaanse techbedrijf aan internationale media weten, nadat bekend werd dat software van NSO Group door verschillende overheden werd ingezet om journalisten, activisten en zakenmensen af te luisteren.

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nu.nl

What is Pegasus spyware and how does it hack phones?

It is the name for perhaps the most powerful piece of spyware ever developed – certainly by a private company. Once it has wormed its way on to your phone, without you noticing, it can turn it into a 24-hour surveillance device. It can copy messages you send or receive, harvest your photos and record your calls. It might secretly film you through your phone’s camera, or activate the microphone to record your conversations. It can potentially pinpoint where you are, where you’ve been, and who you’ve met.

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theguardian.com