Category: nso group

WhatsApp claims spyware firm launched attacks with US servers

Post author By Randall
Post date April 25, 2020
Categories In chat, Facebook, gear, Internet, lawsuit, malware, Messaging, News, nso group, pegasus, Security, spyware, surveillance, Tech, whatsapp

[ad_1] Facebook just escalated its lawsuit over surveillance firm NSO Group’s WhatsApp call exploit attacks. The WhatsApp team has filed accusations that NSO relied on US-based servers to stage its spyware attacks using Pegasus software. NSO reportedly used the Los Angeles hosting service QuadraNet “more than 700 times” to infect users with malware, while an […]

Facebook sues Israeli firm over WhatsApp call exploit attacks

Post author By Randall
Post date October 30, 2019
Categories In Facebook, gear, nso group, pegasus, Security, spyware, Tech, whatsapp

[ad_1] In a statement sent to Engadget, the NSO Group has strongly denied that it had a hand in the attacks. It also claimed that its surveillance technology called Pegasus, which it sells to governments around the world, is being used to save lives: “In the strongest possible terms, we dispute today’s allegations and will […]

WhatsApp call exploit let attackers slip spyware on to phones

Post author By Randall
Post date May 13, 2019
Categories In Android, exploit, Facebook, gear, Internet, ios, malware, Mobile, nso group, pegasus, Security, spying, spyware, surveillance, Tech, vulnerability, whatsapp

[ad_1] While the perpetrators haven’t been identified, there are suspicions that it may be a Middle Eastern country trying to clamp down on criticism of its human rights practices. There was a failed attempt on May 12th to compromise the phone of a UK-based human rights lawyer who helped a Saudi dissident in Canada and […]