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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 427

cyber-spying

Illustrative: NSO Group logo seen on a smartphone in front of a laptop showing hacking code. (Shutterstock)
February 8, 2024, 10:00 am
US to restrict visas for those abusing spyware to target journalists, activists
Move seen as attempt to pressure Israel and undermine local companies such as the NSO Group, with policy likely to target regular workers and even investors
By AP and ToI Staff
This studio photographic illustration shows a smartphone with the website of Israel's NSO Group which features 'Pegasus' spyware, on display in Paris, on July 21, 2021. (Joel Saget/AFP)
July 28, 2021, 7:49 pm
NSO Group affair is latest in Israel’s long history of arming shady regimes
Aversion to arming human rights violators often trumped by political expediency; only new legislation can keep Israeli firms from selling wares to bad actors, activists say
By Judah Ari Gross
File: Hungarian investigative journalist Szabolcs Panyi, whose number was on a leaked list of phones reportedly being targeted by Israeli-made spyware, looks at his mobile phone on July 20, 2021, in Budapest (GERGELY BESENYEI/AFP)
July 23, 2021, 8:22 am
Spyware for sale: The booming trade in surveillance tech
Israel’s NSO Group is in the eye of a storm over its Pegasus software, but is far from the only company helping governments with covert operations
By Katy Lee
Illustrative: Programming scripts on a computer monitor. (Motortion/iStock by Getty Images)
July 17, 2021, 9:59 pm
Report: Israel pushed spyware firms to work with Saudis despite Khashoggi murder
NYT says the government encouraged several companies, including NSO Group, to continue cooperation, regardless of concerns tech was used to quash dissent
By ToI Staff
In this January 30, 2018 photo, taken with a long exposure, employees walk into offices of the cybersecurity firm DarkMatter, in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. DarkMatter, a growing cybersecurity company that’s recruited Western intelligence analysts, is slowly stepping out of the shadows amid activist concerns about its power. (AP Photo/Jon Gambrell)
December 23, 2019, 6:53 am
Former IDF intelligence personnel likely tied to UAE spy app, report says
DarkMatter intelligence firm, which reportedly has Israelis on staff, probably designed ToTok messaging app to secretly surveil users, New York Times reports
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: A man reads Twitter at a coffee shop in Jiddah, Saudi Arabia, Sunday, Nov. 3, 2019. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)
November 7, 2019, 12:33 am
US: Saudis recruited Twitter workers to spy on thousands of users
Accounts included those of a popular journalist with more than 1 million followers and other prominent government critics; one suspect fled to Saudi Arabia
By DAISY NGUYEN
An Israeli woman uses her iPhone in front of the building housing the Israeli NSO group, on August 28, 2016, in Herzliya, near Tel Aviv. (AFP PHOTO / JACK GUEZ)
November 28, 2018, 10:49 am
Israeli spyware said used by Mexican government to target dissident journalists
A day after their colleague was murdered, Mexican reporters received text messages allegedly sent by the government using espionage tools purchased from NSO Group
By ToI Staff
An Israeli woman uses her iPhone in front of the building housing the Israeli NSO group, on August 28, 2016, in Herzliya, near Tel Aviv. (AFP PHOTO / JACK GUEZ)
November 25, 2018, 10:52 am
Israeli hacking firm NSO Group offered Saudis cellphone spy tools – report
Haaretz says talks for $55 million dollar deal were held before crown prince began a crackdown on rivals
By ToI Staff and Agencies
In this Feb, 17, 2016 file photo, former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden, center speaks via video conference to people in the Johns Hopkins University auditorium, in Baltimore. G(AP Photo/Juliet Linderman, File)
November 7, 2018, 1:32 am
Snowden warns Israelis of dangers in accepting too much government surveillance
Speaking via video link from Moscow, US whistleblower tells Israelis not to accept excuse that its needed for security, also cautions against firms selling spyware
By AFP
Quebec-based Saudi activist Omar Abdulaziz. (Screen capture: YouTube)
October 2, 2018, 8:00 pm
Israeli spyware used against Saudi Arabian dissident in Canada — report
Pegasus allowed hackers access to phone calls, messages, and cameras of outspoken asylum seeker Omar Abdulaziz
By ToI Staff
Iranians display their smartphones using the Telegram messenger application on December 1, 2015. (AFP Photo/Atta Kenare)
September 12, 2018, 1:19 pm
Jihadist wallpaper app used to hack Iranians’ phones, says Israeli security firm
Check Point says recent malware attack, likely by regime, lured minorities and possible IS supporters into downloading spy apps, then stole their data
By ToI Staff
The logo of the Israeli NSO Group company on a building in Herzliya, Israel, August 25, 2016. (AP Photo/ Daniella Cheslow)
September 1, 2018, 6:06 am
Lawsuit lays bare use of Israel-made hacking tools in Mideast, Mexico
Qatari journalist who alleges his phone was hacked using software from NSO Group says he hopes suit will lead to restrictions on trade of such technology
By Raphael Satter
Illustrative: An Apple iPhone X (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast, File)
August 31, 2018, 1:17 pm
Lawsuits claim Israeli spyware firm helped UAE regime hack opponents’ phones
According to the NY Times, leaked documents show NSO Group and affiliates actively participated in cyberattacks on individuals sought by emirates
By ToI Staff
Eugene Kaspersky, Russian antivirus programs developer and chief executive of Russia's Kaspersky Lab, poses for a photo on a balcony at his company's headquarters in Moscow, Russia, July 1, 2017. (AP/Pavel Golovkin)
October 25, 2017, 1:16 pm
Russian anti-virus mogul: We uploaded US documents but quickly deleted them
Eugene Kaspersky says employees immediately told him in 2014 of captured National Security Agency files
By Raphael Satter
In this Aug. 3, 2015 file photo, a photograph of murdered photojournalist Ruben Espinosa sits among flowers and candles in front of his casket inside a funeral home before his wake begins in Mexico City. (AP/Marco Ugarte, File)
August 3, 2017, 4:18 am
High-profile lawyers in Mexico targeted with Israeli-made spyware
Internet watchdog says counter-terrorism software designed by Herzliya-based NSO Group hits human rights attorneys
By Maria Verza and Frank Bajak
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