Nso Group

The role of the UAE and Saudi Arabia in the Pegasus spyware saga

NSO Group’s surveillance software has been at the heart of Abu Dhabi and Riyadh’s digital crackdown on dissent at home and abroad.

Modi accused of ‘treason’ as Pegasus spyware row rocks India

The disclosures revealed Indian opposition leader Rahul Gandhi among hundreds of other citizens selected for possible surveillance by the Modi government.

Heads of state on NSO spyware potential target list include Macron, Khan

Among potential targets found on a list of 50,000 phone numbers leaked to Amnesty and nonprofit Forbidden Stories include Presidents Emmanuel Macron of France, Imran Khan of Pakistan, Cyril Ramaphosa of South Africa and Barham Salih of Iraq.

How NSO spyware became a favourite espionage tool for autocratic regimes

The latest NSO Group hack reveals grievous abuse of democracy, but this is not the first time the Israeli-linked company has been used as a weapon to target people.

Google, Cisco, others wake up to threat from ‘cyber-mercenary’ NSO Group

Several tech giants have joined the legal battle against the Israeli spyware firm for creating a “systemic cybersecurity risk.”

Is Emirati G42’s deal with Israeli defence about Covid-19 or surveillance?

Group 42, linked to Emirati intelligence, announced a deal with two Israeli aerospace and defence companies, but there’s might be more than meets the eye.

UAE snoops on its citizens with a mobile app and former Israeli spies

The Gulf nation has a notorious reputation for spying on its own citizens and other nationalities, and this time a mobile app was used for data breach.

India and several governments use Israeli spyware to breach WhatsApp

WhatsApp has filed a complaint against NSO Group’s Pegasus software which was used in April and May 2019 to exploit a vulnerability in the communications company’s popular software to spy on dissidents, journalists, lawyers and more.

UN surveillance expert urges global moratorium on sale of spyware

David Kaye, the UN special rapporteur on freedom of expression, submitted his recommendations in a report published to the UN Human Rights Council, which will open a three-week session next week.

WhatsApp to refer security breach to US authorities

Company spokesman says the attack had "all the hallmarks of a private company that has been known to work with governments to deliver spyware that has the ability to take over mobile phone operating systems."

The UAE’s covert web of spies, hackers and mercenary death squads

Ex-NSA operatives reveal how they spied for the UAE amidst increasing global scrutiny over illegal espionage, shady defence deals and mercenaries in the Yemen war. To what end will the UAE pursue its regional ambitions?

Saudi friend of Khashoggi sues Israeli surveillance firm

Omar Abdulaziz, an online critic of the Saudi royals, files lawsuit against Israel's NSO claiming its sophisticated spyware targeted him and helped lead to the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi.