Israeli officials are denying parts of a report that says they used NSO hacking software Pegasus to spy on civilians – including leaders of protest movements – without the required legal permissions.

An Israeli software company which creates spyware has developed a tool with the ability to break into users’ cloud-based accounts, according to a report in the Financial Times. The Pegasus software ...

Spyware risks have been rising fast in recent years, and although security firms always advise caution, the consensus has been that only a very small number of people are affected by the attacks.

A joint investigation by human rights group Amnesty International and US newspaper The Washington Post has found that Pegasus spyware was used to hack the mobile phones of two Indian journalists in ...

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Activists in Kazakhstan tracked by the Israeli surveillance firm NSO Group, apparently at the behest of their country’s authoritarian government, have expressed indignation but little surprise that ...

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A former employee of Israeli cybersecurity contractor and software developer NSO Group stole software used for mobile surveillance and attempted to sell it for $50 million. As reported by local ...

Israeli defense officials blocked an effort by Ukraine to obtain NSO Group’s Pegasus surveillance software over fears doing so could inflame tensions with Russia. Sources cited by The Guardian and The ...

BANGKOK — Cybersecurity researchers reported details Monday of cases where Thai activists involved in the country’s pro-democracy protests had their cellphones or other devices infected and attacked ...

A hard truth is facing government officials around the world: They’re going to have to put up with spyware infecting their phones because they need the technology too much to ban it. But many ...

Canada's national police force acknowledges it has used spyware to hack 49 mobile devices since 2017, and similar technology has been in use for two decades. OTTAWA, Ont. — Canada’s national police ...