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  1. #USauthorities are #investigating claims that #Meta can read encrypted #WhatsApp messages, despite the company’s denial. The lawsuit alleges Meta can access private communications, a claim Meta calls “categorically false.” The lawsuit is linked to #QuinnEmanuel’s representation of the #NSOGroup, which lost against WhatsApp. theguardian.com/technology/202 #tech #media #news

  2. WhatsApp wprowadza tryb lockdown – nowe zabezpieczenie dla prywatności

    Kiedy ostatni raz czułeś, że ktoś puka do Twoich prywatnych rozmów od frontu i od piwnicy naraz? WhatsApp właśnie dorzuca zasuwę: tryb „lockdown” dla kont szczególnie narażonych na spyware.

    Czytaj dalej:
    pressmind.org/whatsapp-wprowad

    #PressMindLabs #nsogroup #rust #spyware #strictaccountsettings #tryblockdown

  3. Cybercrime Government News Technology Get more insights with the Recorded Future Intelligence Cloud. Learn more. Recorded Future Judge rules that NSO cannot continue to install spyware via WhatsApp pending appeal
    #NSOGroup #WhatsApp
    therecord.media/judge-rules-ns

  4. #AmReading Chasing Shadows: Cyber Espionage, Subversion, and the Global Fight for Democracy.

    Written by @rondeibert, founder and director of Citizen Lab at the University of Toronto, the book recounts how Citizen Lab grew from an upstart research group to a major force in exposing cyber mercenaries (most of them the spawn of Israel's notorious Unit 8200).

    It's frankly terrifying.

    #Books #Bookstodon #NSOGroup #PegasusSpyware #Spyware #CitizenLab

    pluralistic.net/2025/02/04/cit

  5. TechSpot: Pegasus creator NSO Group reboots under new ownership, eyes US market. “NSO Group, the Israeli cybersecurity company linked to the controversial Pegasus spyware, has been acquired by a consortium of investors led by Hollywood producer Robert Simonds. The transaction gives Simonds and his partners control of the firm, which has faced international scrutiny over alleged misuse of its […]

    https://rbfirehose.com/2025/11/13/techspot-pegasus-creator-nso-group-reboots-under-new-ownership-eyes-us-market/

  6. Israeli spyware company NSO to be acquired by US investors in deal lead by Hollywood producer Robert Simonds who founded STX Entertainment w/Chinese investors

    NSO deal must be approved by Israel’s Defense Export Control Agency (DECA) and the SEC in US

    #NSO #NSOGroup

    calcalistech.com/ctechnews/art

  7. Courthouse News Service: Israeli spyware company blocked from WhatsApp. “U.S. District Judge Phyllis Hamilton said in a 25-page ruling that there was evidence NSO Group’s flagship spyware could still infiltrate WhatApp users’ devices and granted Meta’s request for a permanent injunction.”

    https://rbfirehose.com/2025/10/19/courthouse-news-service-israeli-spyware-company-blocked-from-whatsapp/

  8. #Spyware maker #NSOGroup blocked from #WhatsApp - TechCrunch

    A federal judge has granted Meta-owned WhatsApp’s request for a permanent injunction blocking Israeli #cyberintelligence company #NSO Group from targeting the messaging app’s users. At the same time, the judge dramatically reduced the fine that NSO Group must pay to #Meta.
    #facebook

    techcrunch.com/2025/10/18/spyw

  9. Court rules: Meta's damages from NSO Group significantly reduced, BUT the spyware maker is now permanently banned from WhatsApp!

    A huge precedent for digital privacy, but the 'how' of enforcement for 'undetectable' tech is the real question. What are your thoughts on this?

    #Privacy #Cybersecurity #WhatsApp #NSOGroup #TechNews
    engadget.com/cybersecurity/cou

  10. NSO Group, la société israélienne à l'origine du spyware Pegasus, rachetée par des investisseurs américains dlvr.it/TNfDfr #NSOGroup #Pegasus

  11. I can't tell you how I feel about this... "Spyware maker NSO Group confirms acquisition by US investors" Is this better or is this way worse now? This company gives me the heebie-jeebies, their business practices make me ill, and the software makes me mad. All sorts of bad around these people.

    techcrunch.com/2025/10/10/spyw

    #nsogroup #morebadnews #pegasus #PrivacyIsARight

  12. The #Israel-based #NSOGroup, known for its #Pegasus #spyware, has been #acquired by an American investor group led by #RobertSimonds. The deal is pending approval from #Israel’s Defence Export Control Agency. #NSO will remain under Israeli regulatory control, with its headquarters and core operations in Israel. gizmodo.com/creepy-israeli-spy #tech #media #news

  13. Legal rules and guidelines for the adoption of Spyware is mostly a barren legal desert. The only viable option currently available to respond to illegitimate and malicious uses of spyware = CIVIL Litigation. justsecurity.org/117335/legal- #Lawsuit #Spyware #PallMallProcess #surveillence #cybersecurity #Regulation #NSOGroup #PegasusSoftware #CivilLawsuit #liability #accountability

  14. Jury orders #NSO to pay $167 million for hacking #WhatsApp users
    The verdict is a major victory for opponents of #exploit sellers.

    A jury has awarded WhatsApp $167 million in punitive damages in a case the company brought against Israel-based #NSOGroup for #exploiting a software #vulnerability that hijacked the #phones of thousands of users.
    arstechnica.com/security/2025/

  15. NSO Group, izraelska firma odpowiedzialna za Pegasusa, została zobowiązana do zapłaty 167 mln USD firmie Meta Platforms

    Proces sądowy, który trwał przez sześć lat, zakończył się werdyktem na korzyść Mety Platforms, której izraelski NSO Group musi zapłacić 167 milionów USD odszkodowania.

    kontrabanda.net/r/nso-group-iz

    #Cyberbezpieczeństwo #Informacje #Izrael #MetaPlatforms #NSOGroup #StanyZjednoczone

  16. Jury orders #NSO to pay $167 million for #hacking #WhatsApp users

    A #jury has awarded WhatsApp $167 million in punitive damages in a case the company brought against Israel-based #NSOGroup for exploiting a software #vulnerability that #hijacked the phones of thousands of users.
    #isreal #surveillance

    arstechnica.com/security/2025/

  17. CW: Poitik, Israel, Spyware

    #Israel #Fanboi of #Autocracy in USA

    #Spyware Maker #NSOGroup Is Paving a Path Back Into #Trump’s #America

    "The #Israeli spyware maker, still on the US Commerce Department’s “blacklist,” has hired a new #lobbying firm with direct ties to the Trump administration, a WIRED #investigation has found.

    Shortly after Donald Trump declared victory in November, NSO Group cofounder and majority owner Omri #Lavie rushed to X to congratulate him..."
    wired.com/story/nso-group-the-

  18. gehackt, was später polnische #Staatsanwälte auf den Plan rief. 578 Menschen sollen in unserem Nachbarland in den Jahren 2017 bis 2023 mit #Pegasus ausspioniert worden sein.

    Die #Hacking-Software #Pegasus des #israel'ischen Anbieters #NSOGroup soll zudem den #Regierungschef und #Verteidigungsminister von Spanien und das Umfeld des früheren britischen #Regierungschef's Boris Johnson betroffen haben. Neue Recherchen zeigen, dass Spanien bisher insgesamt 21 #Pegasus-Opfer zu verzeichnen hatte...."

  19. Start-up von Ex-Kanzler Kurz über eine Milliarde Dollar wert: Was sagt diese Bewertung aus?

    "Kurz hat das Unternehmen 2023 zusammen mit seinen #israel'ischen Geschäftspartnern Gil Dolev und Shalev Hulio gegründet. Hulio ist Geschäftsführer und vor allem deswegen bekannt, weil er früher das israelische Technologieunternehmen #NSOGroup geleitet hat, das die #Spionagesoftware #Pegasus entwickelt. Staaten wie Bahrain und Saudi-Arabien nutzten Pegasus..."
    derstandard.de/story/300000025

  20. @samirx @TechCrunch

    It's for mass surveillance, use of felons coordinating of Meta to target someone for assaults/murder/theft type targeting, physical property theft ( like WaterGate), breaking & entering coordination, targeting by gps the targeting of vehicle car wrecks, etc, as a used by felons type of non-law enforcement kind of thing in the #CALEA #CALEAGreyMarket, when used against ' the press ' or anyone else they target.

    #GammaGroup #FinFisher #FinSpy #Finsky

    #Meta #GangStalkers & use this software.

    It's installed via #GooglePlayStore & #AppleAppStore with #MITM targeting as well as with a phone call or text message from an infected device.
    #StateSponsoredMalware

    Currently there are some REALLY misconfigured #GammaGroup clients which when called will infect EVERYTHING from you phone to your computer to tablet. It's basically digital rape & slavery. Basically.

    Luckily on #Android OS it's super easy to detect without software because it is so overt, not covert.

    #RTDNA #infosec #StateSponsoredMalware

    #NSOGroup & #GammaGroup are the most commonly used varieties in USA.

  21. Großartig!!! 🔥

    #Pegasus-#Spähsoftware: #NSOGroup muss gegen WhatsApp einstecken

    "In einem US-Gerichtsverfahren musste die NSO Group eine Niederlage einstecken. Nach einer wegweisenden Vorabentscheidung des Richters bleibt nur mehr offen, wie empfindlich das #israel'ische #Überwachungsunternehmen bestraft werden soll.

    Dem Richter zufolge sei das israelische Überwachungsunternehmen #illegal in die Systeme des Messengers..."

    #TeamDatenschutz #Staatstrojaner
    netzpolitik.org/2024/nso-group

  22. Großartig!!! 🔥

    #Pegasus-#Spähsoftware: #NSOGroup muss gegen WhatsApp einstecken

    "In einem US-Gerichtsverfahren musste die NSO Group eine Niederlage einstecken. Nach einer wegweisenden Vorabentscheidung des Richters bleibt nur mehr offen, wie empfindlich das #israel'ische #Überwachungsunternehmen bestraft werden soll.

    Dem Richter zufolge sei das israelische Überwachungsunternehmen #illegal in die Systeme des Messengers..."

    #TeamDatenschutz #Staatstrojaner
    netzpolitik.org/2024/nso-group

  23. Großartig!!! 🔥

    #Pegasus-#Spähsoftware: #NSOGroup muss gegen WhatsApp einstecken

    "In einem US-Gerichtsverfahren musste die NSO Group eine Niederlage einstecken. Nach einer wegweisenden Vorabentscheidung des Richters bleibt nur mehr offen, wie empfindlich das #israel'ische #Überwachungsunternehmen bestraft werden soll.

    Dem Richter zufolge sei das israelische Überwachungsunternehmen #illegal in die Systeme des Messengers..."

    #TeamDatenschutz #Staatstrojaner
    netzpolitik.org/2024/nso-group

  24. Großartig!!! 🔥

    #Pegasus-#Spähsoftware: #NSOGroup muss gegen WhatsApp einstecken

    "In einem US-Gerichtsverfahren musste die NSO Group eine Niederlage einstecken. Nach einer wegweisenden Vorabentscheidung des Richters bleibt nur mehr offen, wie empfindlich das #israel'ische #Überwachungsunternehmen bestraft werden soll.

    Dem Richter zufolge sei das israelische Überwachungsunternehmen #illegal in die Systeme des Messengers..."

    #TeamDatenschutz #Staatstrojaner
    netzpolitik.org/2024/nso-group

  25. Großartig!!! 🔥

    #Pegasus-#Spähsoftware: #NSOGroup muss gegen WhatsApp einstecken

    "In einem US-Gerichtsverfahren musste die NSO Group eine Niederlage einstecken. Nach einer wegweisenden Vorabentscheidung des Richters bleibt nur mehr offen, wie empfindlich das #israel'ische #Überwachungsunternehmen bestraft werden soll.

    Dem Richter zufolge sei das israelische Überwachungsunternehmen #illegal in die Systeme des Messengers..."

    #TeamDatenschutz #Staatstrojaner
    netzpolitik.org/2024/nso-group

  26. Great!!! 🔥

    #NSOGroup admits cutting off 10 customers because they abused its #Pegasus #spyware, say unsealed court documents

    "new revelations about the inner workings of Pegasus, the spyware made by #Israeli #surveillance tech maker NSO Group.

    “The #evidence unveiled shows exactly how NSO’s operations #violated U.S. law and launched their cyberattacks against journalists, human rights activists and civil society,”..."

    #TeamDatenschutz #Staatstrojaner
    techcrunch.com/2024/11/15/nso-

  27. Woohoo nice one!!! 🔥

    US judge finds Israel's #NSOGroup #liable for #hacking in WhatsApp #lawsuit

    "U.S. District Judge Phyllis Hamilton in Oakland, California, granted a motion by WhatsApp and found NSO liable for hacking and breach of contract.

    "#Surveillance companies should be on notice that #illegal #spying will not be tolerated."

    “The entire industry has hidden behind the claim that whatever their customers do..."

    #TeamDatenschutz #Staatstrojaner
    reuters.com/technology/cyberse