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A week in security (January 9—15)

January 16, 2023 0 Comments 2023 predictions, awis, department of interior, facebook, github, Google, identity theft, Instagram, k-12, k-12 security, Magecart, maternal & family health services, meta, Microsoft, news, nso group, pokemon nft, ransomware. vice society ransomware, royal mail, Slack, snapchat, TikTok, vice society, weak passwords, week in security, weekly blog roundup, whatsapp, youtube

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The most interesting security related news from the week of January 9—15.

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WhatsApp lawsuit against NSO Group greenlit by Supreme Court

January 12, 2023 0 Comments Apple, foreign sovereign immunity act, meta, news, nso, nso group, pegasus, pegasus spyware, spyware, whatsapp

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The US Supreme Court essentially gave Meta’s WhatsApp the go ahead to pursue their case against Pegasus’s NSO Group.

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Pegasus spyware found on UK government office phone

April 21, 2022 0 Comments AI, Artificial intelligence, citizen lab, john scott-railton, lock and code podcast, maestro, national cyber security centre, ncsc, new yorker, nso group, pegasus, princess haya, Privacy, sheikh mohammed bin rashid al-maktoum, whatsapp

Credit to Author: Jovi Umawing| Date: Thu, 21 Apr 2022 19:32:28 +0000

The NSO Group’s flagship spyware was found on a device in 10 Downing Street’s network.

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Ban Pegasus spyware, urges European Union Data Protection Supervisor

February 16, 2022 0 Comments edps, EU, lock and code, nso group, pegasus, Stalkerware

Credit to Author: Pieter Arntz| Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2022 14:24:11 +0000

The European Data Protection Supervisor has urged the EU and its member states to ban the Pegasus spyware and similar hacking tools.

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The world’s most coveted spyware, Pegasus: Lock and Code S03E04

February 14, 2022 0 Comments Android, government surveillance, iPhone, lock and code, lock and code podcast, nso group, pegasus, pegasus spyware, Podcast, spyware, surveillance, the pegasus project

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2022 08:10:00 +0000

This week on Lock and Code, we provide a deep dive into possibly the most powerful government spyware tool in the world, Pegasus.

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Stalkerware’s legal enforcement problem

November 18, 2019 0 Comments al franken, Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, cyberstalk, cyberstalking, Department of Justice, district attorney, domestic abuse, domestic abuse survivor, domestic abuse survivors, domestic violenc, FBI, federal wiretap act, franken, FTC, jackie's law, mobilespy, National Network to End Domestic Violence, nnedv, nso group, online harassment, operation safe horizon, phonesheriff, senator al franken, Stalkerware, stalking, StealthGenie, TeenSafe, us attorney, US Federal Trade Commission, whatsapp, wiretap

Credit to Author: David Ruiz| Date: Mon, 18 Nov 2019 15:47:58 +0000

Those who install stalkerware with the intent to monitor, control, harass, or otherwise abuse their victims typically get away with it, avoiding legal penalty even if there’s plenty of evidence to suggest their guilt.

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WhatsApp sues spyware maker for allegedly hacking phones worldwide

October 31, 2019 0 Comments activists, Cryptography, cyberweapons, encrypted messaging, end-to-end encryption, espionage, Hacking, israel, Law & order, lawsuit, malware, Mobile, nso, nso group, pegasus, Privacy, q cyber technologies, rat, security threats, Social networks, spies, spyware, whatsapp, zero-click

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Thu, 31 Oct 2019 12:32:02 +0000

WhatsApp has publicly attributed the attack on its users in May 2019 to the Israeli spyware makers, NSO Group.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/rTg4uWB-Hmg” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Android devices hit by zero-day exploit Google thought it had patched

October 7, 2019 0 Comments Android, cve-2019-2215, Google, Google Project Zero, Mobile, nso group, Operating Systems, pegasus, Privacy, security threats, vulnerability, zero-day vulnerability

Credit to Author: John E Dunn| Date: Mon, 07 Oct 2019 11:41:15 +0000

Android smartphones are vulnerable to a zero-day exploit that Google thought it had patched for good two years ago.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/9TX4gOYOCsQ” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>