From 'Public Safety' to Mass Surveillance: How Oligarchs and Intelligence Operatives Hijacked Emergency Response Systems

From 'Public Safety' to Mass Surveillance: How Oligarchs and Intelligence Operatives Hijacked Emergency Response Systems

Apple confirmed to CyberGuy that mercenary spyware alerts were sent to targeted users in 110 countries, now appearing directly on iPhone Lock Screens.

From 'Public Safety' to Mass Surveillance: How Oligarchs and Intelligence Operatives Hijacked Emergency Response Systems

From 'Public Safety' to Mass Surveillance: How Oligarchs and Intelligence Operatives Hijacked Emergency Response Systems

Cybersecurity is facing a systemic trust crisis. From the 'god-mode' vulnerability in N-able's N-central (CVE-2026-18577) that puts MSPs and their entire customer base at risk, to the Octagon spywar

<article data-history-node-id="443541" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/report-eu-lawmaker-who-probed-surveillance-was-hacked-israeli-spyware" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/report-eu-lawmaker-who-probed-surveillance-was-hacked-israeli-spyware" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Report: EU lawmaker who probed surveillance was hacked by Israeli spyware</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>A former member of the European Parliament who served on a committee investigating abusive surveillance was himself hacked using an Israeli-made spy tool, a Canadian tech watchdog group said on Friday.</p> <p>Citizen Lab said in a report that the phone of Stelios Kouloglou, a Greek television journalist-turned-lawmaker, was hacked at least three times between October 2022 and March 2023 using Pegasus spyware, a tool distributed by the Israeli company NSO Group.</p> <p>At the time of the targeting, Kouloglou was serving on the European Parliament's PEGA Committee, which was set up in 2022 to examine the use of illegal phone hacking across the European Union. The committee focused mainly on the use of Pegasus and similar tools, finding that governments across the EU likely used spyware, "in one way or another, some legitimate, some illegitimate."</p> <p>Kouloglou said he was astonished at the audacity of whoever was behind the hacking.</p> <p>"I was not expecting that a PEGA member would be spied on by Pegasus," he told Reuters. "I was not expecting that they would be as reckless as that."</p> <p>NSO did not return messages seeking comment.</p> <p>NSO was blacklisted by the U.S. government in 2021 over human rights and national security concerns. Last year, WhatsApp owner Meta Platforms META.O won a $168 million damages award against NSO for unlawfully hacking the platform, although the award was significantly reduced. (Reuters)</p> </div> </div> </article>

A stranger with just your number can't easily pinpoint your GPS. But carriers have your location history, SS7 vulnerabilities are actively being exploited by surveillance vendors right now, and spywar...

Ein millionenschweres Urteil gegen Meta und neue Spyware-Angriffe machen die Risiken deutlich.Meta zu 375 Millionen Dollar Strafe verurteiltEnde März 2026 verhängte ein Gericht eine Rekordstrafe gegen den WhatsApp-Mutterkonzern. Grund: Erhebliche Mängel beim Schutz minderjähriger Nutzer. Die EU-Kommission hatte den Druck auf Meta bereits Anfang des Jahres erhöht und verlangt mehr Interoperabilität sowie strengere Kontrollen von […] The post WhatsApp-Kinderschutz: Millionenstrafe und neue Spyware-Gefahr appeared first on BornCity.

O caso, chamado de 'Watergate Grego', envolveu o hackeamento de dezenas de telefones de autoridades e jornalistas usando o spyware Predator.

O caso, chamado de 'Watergate Grego', envolveu o hackeamento de dezenas de telefones de autoridades e jornalistas usando o spyware Predator.

O caso, chamado de 'Watergate Grego', envolveu o hackeamento de dezenas de telefones de autoridades e jornalistas usando o spyware Predator.

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Amnesty reports Angolan journalist’s iPhone was infected by Intellexa’s Predator spyware via a WhatsApp link in May 2024. Amnesty International reports that in May 2024, Intellexa’s Predator spyware infected the iPhone of Teixeira Cândido, an Angolan journalist and press freedom advocate, after he opened a malicious link sent via WhatsApp. This incident highlights how attackers […]

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From 'Public Safety' to Mass Surveillance: How Oligarchs and Intelligence Operatives Hijacked Emergency Response Systems

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Dante, un sofisticat spywar sviluppato da Memento Labs, è stato utilizzato in diversi attacchi legati alla campagna di cyberspionaggio Operation ForumTroll.

Dante, un sofisticat spywar sviluppato da Memento Labs, è stato utilizzato in diversi attacchi legati alla campagna di cyberspionaggio Operation ForumTroll.