Security researchers say they've confirmed that a third Polish opposition figure had his phone hacked with sophisticated spyware from the Israeli company, NSO Group.
It emerged that Alejandro Encinas, a Mexican official close to President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, had his phone hacked by Pegasus, a type of spyware.
The senator was hacked nearly three dozen times, using NSO's Pegasus spyware when he was running the opposition's campaign against the right-wing populist government in 2019 parliamentary elections.
Now, in addition, the NSO's spyware, Pegasus, was allegedly linked to the phones of associates connected to the murdered Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
The Indian Supreme Court has appointed an independent panel to investigate allegations that the government used Israeli-made spyware to snoop on journalists, critics, and opposition politicians.
Apple has issued an emergency security update for its devices after reports surfaced of a new spyware thought to be used by the Israeli company NSO Group.
Israel's government will hold an independent inquiry into reports that police illicitly used spyware against aides of the former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and other public figures.
Apple saying it wants to block it from using its products and WhatsApp saying that NSO exploited a vulnerability in the WhatsApp system to deliver this spyware to people's phones.
The FT has learned that pension money from the UK's largest energy supplier was used to buy an Israeli spyware maker that's blacklisted by the US, the parent company of British Gas.
No, your computer might have a virus, I mean, it has a bad program on it. Maybe that’s why it crashed. I recommend that you run an anti-virus program in order to safely remove any unwanted spyware or Trojans.