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WhatsApp confirms Indian activists and journalists were hacked as NSO claims it’s 'contractually prohibited'
Journalists and activists using WhatsApp were left vulnerable when the NSO Group — an Israeli hacke…
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Here’s why Facebook is suing the NSO Group over the WhatsApp hack
Everything sent on WhatsApp is meant to be encrypted. That means messages are only visible to us…
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Facebook is suing an Israeli spyware company for allegedly hacking WhatsApp. Now, that company says Facebook tried to buy its spyware in 2017.
In 2017, Facebook was developing an app called Onavo Protect that touted VPN services for users, bu…
Aaron Holmes
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The shadowy firm behind WhatsApp hack is involved in 100 other spyware attacks
"As part of our investigation into the incident, Citizen Lab has identified over 100 cases of …
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Microsoft, Google and other top tech firms join hands to help WhatsApp against NSO's Pegasus spyware
A day after it was disclosed that Israeli intelligence firm NSO Group hacked iPhones of 36 Al Jazee…
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The Israeli spyware firm accused of hacking WhatsApp is now claiming Facebook disregarded international law as the legal battle between the 2 companies heats up
NSO Group pushed back on that ruling in a new filing on Friday. The Israeli company claimed that it…
Aaron Holmes
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WhatsApp chief says national security officials of US allies were among those targeted with NSO malware
WhatsApp CEO Will Cathcart told The Guardian that national security officials with US allies were t…
Kevin Shalvey
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Apple's privacy promises would have been useless against a simple missed call from WhatsApp hackers
The hackers were able to exploit a vulnerability by calling the target via WhatsApp. Even if they d…
Isobel Asher Hamilton,Isobel …
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WhatsApp spyware Pegasus might have also hacked Bharti Airtel, MTNL, Hathway and others
The report also points out that the operator may have used political themes to target users be…
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Jeff Bezos’ intimate messages, data from drug cartels, Jamal Kashoggi — the many things Pegasus is suspected of hacking instead of terrorists and criminals
The NSO Group is in the spotlight again for its flagship software, Pegasus, being used to spy on bu…
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The FBI is reportedly probing a notorious Israeli spyware company that was linked to the Jeff Bezos phone hack
Last week, a United Nations report said that bin Salman likely was involved in hacking Bezos' phone…
Rosie Perper,Rosie Perper
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The Israeli firm behind software used to hack WhatsApp boasted that it can scrape data from Amazon, Apple, Facebook, Google, and Microsoft cloud servers
Now NSO has been telling potential clients Pegasus has been developed to target cloud servers, acco…
Isobel Asher Hamilton,Isobel …
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WhatsApp spyware hack raises security concerns around its upcoming payments service
WhatsApp is yet to gain full approval of its payments platform from necessary authorities an…
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Spyware successfully broke into journalists' iPhones by sending iMessages that didn't even need to be read
Amnesty International said its analysis indicates all current iPhone models and iOS versions are vu…
Isobel Asher Hamilton
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Apple files lawsuit against NSO group, seeks injunction to ban them from using Apple devices and software
The company admitted that a small number of its users may have been targeted by a NSO Group's ex…
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UN expert calls for halt to sales of spyware that may have helped Saudi Arabia track and kill Jamal Khashoggi
The report specifically names the NSO Group and its Pegasus technology, which allows NSO Group's cl…
Ellen Ioanes,Ellen Ioanes
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Israeli spyware used to hack phones of dozens of Al Jazeera journalists
The personal phone of a journalist at London-based Al Araby TV was also hacked, said researche…
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WhatsApp data breach hits downloads in its biggest market — opens it up to Telegram and Signal
This could spell trouble for the Facebook-owned messaging service since India its biggest ma…
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FBI Director Christopher Wray says tech companies should let law enforcement decrypt messages — but he argued the exact opposite in court in 2015, new filings show
The government has been trying to make tech companies like Apple and Facebook weaken encryption on …
Aaron Holmes
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This is a rare photo of the smartphone-hacking device sold by the NSO Group, the billion-dollar Israeli spyware company accused of helping hack Jeff Bezos
The UN report found that Crown Prince Mohammed and Bezos exchanged messages on WhatsApp in spring 2…