Newscan: Private Israeli spyware used to hack cellphones of journalists, activists worldwideJackson, DonnyUrgent Communications
Thai activists involved in the country's pro-democracy protests have had their smartphones infected with NSO Group's infamous Pegasus government-sponsored spyware. At least 30 individuals, spanning activists, academics, lawyers, and NGO workers, are believed to have been targeted between October 2020...
NSO software can capture encrypted messages, photos and other sensitive information from infected phones. And it can also turn the phones into recording devices, Reuters noted. An alert Apple sent to users with infected iPhones did not name the creator of the spyware used in the hack. Victims ...
In July 2021, roughly 40 smartphones belonging to activists and journalists were successfully infected with the Pegasus spyware. InAugust 2021, attackers used the Pegasus Spyware to hack iPhones then blackmailed users into paying a ransom of 0.035 bitcoin or roughly $1,600. Pegasus tracked the vic...
“It’s a horrible feeling to be so insecure, to know my private life wasn't private this whole time,” she said. The zero-click vulnerability is increasingly being used to hack cellphones without a trace, said Marczak. Last year, WhatsApp and its parent company Facebook filed a...
1.NSO is an Israeli company that makes cyber weapons essentially, so spyware that can be used to hack phones. NSO是一家以色列公司,本质上是制造网络武器,这样间谍软件就可以用来入侵手机。 「金融时报 」 2.You won't get any, uh, spyware or viruses from it. - Oh, good. 不会从中受到任何间谍...
In July, it was reported that spyware known as Pegasus was used to hack smartphones, including iPhones, owned by journalists, activists, and others of interest to some governments around the world. While dozens of smartphones were found to be successfully hacked by the tool, an investigat...
Spywareis a form ofmalwareused byhackersto spy on people while they use their computers and phones. Lurking silently in the background, spyware is designed to collect sensitive data such as your browsing activity, login credential, and credit card numbers and bank details, which may then be so...
The timeline of Bezos’s phone hack is integral, claims the UN report, because around the same time the phones of two very close associates oflate journalist Jamal Khashoggiwere hacked using the same spyware. The UN has asked the US and other authorities to take notice and investigate the ...
The report suggested that both iPhone andAndroid were the targets, but the company found surveilling the iPhones easier via Pegasus.They could easily useApple’s zero-click exploit on iMessagein iOS version 14.6 to hack an iPhone and install Pegasus spyware. The exploit is known as KISMET and...