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According to a Washington Post report in 2021, the spyware was placed on Elatr’s phone while she was being interrogated by security agents at Dubai Airport months before Khashoggi was killed.
Source: https://www.timesofisrael.com/jamal-khashoggis-widow-files-lawsuit-against-nso-group/
According to the Citizen Lab, a watchdog group based in Canada, a powerful spyware tool called Pegasus was then being used in Mexico—likely by the government—to surveil journalists and hack into their phones.
“Alongside the recent and very vague RCMP disclosures on spyware, these demonstrate a policy and regulatory vacuum in Canada.”
Source: https://globalnews.ca/news/9589163/canada-biden-spyware-limits/
A Russian spyware company is using the chatbot to spy on web users.
Source: https://gizmodo.com/chatgpt-can-be-used-for-surveillance-spyware-1851029685
A US defense contractor has abandoned talks to buy Israeli company NSO Group and its notorious Pegasus spyware technology despite backing from US intelligence officials for the purchase, according to reports on Sunday.
BleepingComputer reports that WhatsApp backup files are being exfiltrated by the updated Android GravityRAT spyware distributed in a malware campaign that has been ongoing since last August.
Source: https://www.scmagazine.com/brief/malware/vidar-malware-bolsters-stealth
But Romanian MEP Ramona Strugariu -- one of the lawmakers in charge of the issue -- insisted it meant governments were "effectively banned" from using spyware to probe the work of journalists.
Source: https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20231003-eu-lawmakers-vote-to-bolster-media-freedom
Companies linked to cyber security, spyware, social media filtering, and the production of security equipment allegedly used in the crackdown were also hit.
Source: https://ktar.com/story/5424060/eu-plans-more-iran-sanctions-but-wont-list-guard-corps/
Hardy said that cyber threats such as malware, inclusive of adware, spyware, viruses, trojans, and ransomware, were new to her and that she was also not aware of how to safeguard herself from becoming a victim of various kinds of cybercrimes.
However, it is still possible for someone to target a non-jailbroken iPhone with spyware if they can gain physical access to the device and install a monitoring app without the owner's consent.
In Greece, concerns lie with “weakened safeguards” that have allowed both the use of spyware “against journalists, politicians and businesspersons” and its export “to countries with poor human rights records.”
Source: https://www.lawfareblog.com/pega-committee-votes-spyware-recommendations
It offers more comprehensive protection from a variety of cyber threats and malicious software, including ransomware, viruses, spyware, and other malicious programs.
Less noticed was the fact that those in attendance to counter the misuse of commercial spyware by governments.
Source: https://foreignpolicy.com/2023/04/12/europe-spyware-abuse-pegasus-data-privacy-hungary-spain/
Marietje Schaake has been vocal about spyware abuse for more than a decade, ever since she served as a member of European Parliament from 2009 to 2019, where she worked on trade, foreign and tech policy.
Nikos Androulakis, leader of the Greek Socialist Party, alleged there was an attempt to bug his phone with spyware, following a check by the EU Parliament services.
Source: https://www.euronews.com/2023/05/11/greek-pm-admits-phone-tapping-was-wrong
Seaford, who said she doesn’t know why she was targeted, is the latest known U.S. victim of targeted commercial spyware, including children of targeted journalists living in the U.S. and U.S. government employees working overseas.
Source: https://techcrunch.com/2023/03/27/biden-order-commercial-spyware-ban/
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“The continued use of commercial spyware is creating a toxic atmosphere where people fear that standing up for their principles, fighting oppression or exercising their basic democratic rights would render them targets to these malicious tools.”
Then he sent me a link to a spyware app he wanted installed on it without anyone being able to detect its presence.
Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/16/business/shoot-your-carefully-aimed-shot.html
The paper also reported that the sale of the notorious Pegasus spyware, created by the Israeli cybersecurity firm NSO, to Morocco was similarly aborted.